Apparently lightning can strike twice

While he was resting under the tree that had been his landing spot for the time being, he just let his golden gaze roam over the hot springs ahead of him curiously. The mist and steam clouded his view quiet a bit, but he could make out shapes of trees on the other side and the edges of the pools themselves. For a little while there didn't seem to be anything happening and he very nearly started to drift off into a nap while he relaxed, but movement through the mist caught his attention and pulled him awake again. He couldn't really see specific details from where he was, but the figure was notably small. With the scent that the hot springs gave off it was hard to catch their scent immediately, at least not until they drew a bit closer to where he was laying and right about the time he noticed the lack of pointed ear tips on the canine figure was when he caught her scent. His head popped up with surprise as he realized it was Tira—only to catch the fact that her scent was slightly different than he remembered it. He didn't know a ton about a female's heat and things like that, but he knew that it happened and how it changed their scent.

He hesitated for a moment, wondering if this was going to make this reunion more or less complicated or awkward. He didn't want her to think he was only coming over to her because she was in heat since that definitely wasn't why he was here, but at the same time some instinctual part of him very much wanted to go over to her now that he knew this was something that was going on. He wrestled with himself for a moment before finally forcing himself to get up, giving a quick command to his companions to stay here with his stuff as he stepped through the steamy mist to go over to the pool he had seen Tira step into. He reminded himself as he went of why he was here in the first place and definitely tried to not think about what he might have said or done when he was under the influence of the drugs she had given him the last time they were together.

He padded over to the edge of the pool, finding Tira reclined back in the steaming water with her eyes closed. At the very least the scent of her heat was mostly hidden under the water so he didn't necessarily have a risk of being turned into a single minded idiot—at least not right away. "Tira," he said with a little bit of a lopsided smile as he approached her, standing on the edge of the pool where she was relaxing. "Seems like you're enjoying yourself out here," he joked a bit with a little chuckle, falling more easily into his usual teasing, more confident demeanor as he avoided the unfortunate circumstances that had brought him here for now since this was more comfortable. He dipped a paw into the warm water and hummed as he enjoyed the warmth around his toes. "Ah, I can see why. It feels great." A sly grin tugged at his lips as he glanced toward her and added, "Not as good as you, but pretty good."

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