Days like these

Kitsune teased him back, claiming that he shouldn't be snuggling a prickly princess if he didn't want to get poked. Kumiho, in all his charm and charisma, responded in the way that felt most befitting the snarky princess: he stuck his tongue out at her when she puffed herself up with exaggerated aloofness. Their relationship may have come across as a bit juvenile to some, but to Iho, it was part of the charm that made Kitsune his best friend. The fact that they could goof around and poke fun at one another and still laugh about it at the end spoke volumes for their closeness and understanding of one another.

As soon as he mentioned the raft he'd been carefully constructing since his arrival in Boreas over a year ago now, Kit's eyes lit up with wildfire, questioning if it was ready. "I think so!" he replied with a nod of his head and eager grin. "Well, it's seaworthy, at the very least. It'll float, it'll move, and we can steer it. I haven't finished all the extras, so it won't be a luxury yacht befitting Her Royal Highness Kitsune Tachi Oritsu Abraxas, but it'll get you places like you've never seen before!" Iho tapped the side of the kettle with his paw, testing the heat of the metal to gauge how much longer the tea would take. "You haven't told me why we're going to Auster yet though." The seafaring wolf raised a curious brow over icy blue eyes, fixing his diminutive partner with his gaze while he awaited her response.

"Speech"