menace (but politely)

Every day she explored a little farther, working her formulas out in her head. Where once it was all left turns, then it was all right, slowly she was committing the maze to some semblance of memory. Along the way she'd found a number of interesting trinkets, a cool rocks, some shells, and now she had a mouse skull to add to her collection. She wasn't quite sure what she'd do with it yet but she was eager to learn to make jewelry and figured she could get the crabby man's old macaque to help her with a few projects.

Kina buried away her treasures, pausing when she caught Shinrei's scent. What was he up to?  Curious, Kina followed the trail, noting her brother in the clearing. "Hey Rei, whatcha doing?" She lifted a paw and scratched absently at the little white nubs protruding from her head. Her father said they would be her horns one day but yikes they were sure itchy sometimes.