What a trip

For a moment the girl drank in the scene of the dripping rocks and glistening pools. The echoing sounds of her tender footsteps upon the rocks bouncing back to her and around. Her groom had gone hunting, demanding her stay where he put her. She had tried for a time but her insatiable need to explore itched her paws insatiably. She needed to explore, she needed to find the rare gems of this earth and the useful herbs she made her life's calling.

The scrambling overhead startled her into the shadows, at first she she thought her groom had already found her again.  As the dark male landed in the cave she realized she didn't recognize him and came forward curiously into the dim light. The large male scowled at her with an impatient face but greeted her with a simple hello just the same.

"Allô?(Hello?)" She was unsure who this male would be, but she couldn't have the same shit luck twice Non? "Zis cave is e'citing Non?" She was trying the common speech of this land, it wasn't as easy as she had assumed when she had been taught a harsh lesson about strangers so recently.

She stepped cautiously around the slippery pools, heading deeper within, toward the heady scent of lush herbs kept hidden away from the winters chill above. Keeping a wary eye on the dark male in the dimness of the cave was not an easy challenge.

"Vhat is you name, monsieur(sir)? Aye ammm Iris" She asked as she ducked below a handing stalactite and weaved around a mounding stalagmite. She had noted names among the natives here were important to know.