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Jiro followed at a lazy pace. Large paws stretching out as shoulders rolled forward and back without hurry. Keeping up with the smaller girl was easy and it wasn't as if she could physically push him north. Really, he was only following because he had been weak and she'd bested him. If his father knew, he would tell him to man up and pay the price for playing stupid games. And isn't this what he wanted? An adventure? To seek out the world and what it included? To be away from the oppression of the bamboo?

He was starting to think twice when the wall of carrion came into view. His whole face wrinkled into a look of disgust as he turned his nose upward, trying to keep clean scented air in his nasal passages. What kind of pack did she live in? Who did this? Avoiding looking at the carcasses as much as possible, he stares ahead, occasionally looking down at her to silently admire her bravado and confidence. Someone was clearly fluffing this girl's ego for a reason.

When she pulls up and plops herself down, Jiro relaxes a smidge and looks down at her, chin tilted to his chest and a brow raised slightly. Her first rule has his own smirk pulling at obsidian lips. "Awe, does my Inferno Princess not like others knowing she's special?" He teased softly, the rumble of his voice deepening as he moved beside her. In one swift movement, Jiro slid to the ground, rolled onto one hip and watched as she groomed herself until her fur glistened beneath the afternoon sun.

The next rule was interesting. His lips purse as he considers what she's said. "And if they're not purple?" His silver eyes rove over her clearly red frame, insinuating that perhaps she's not as hot shit as she claims to be. Plus, the Saxe name doesn't ring a bell to him. He's lived in the bamboos of Auster for most of his life up until meeting her so anything that went on outside of their dwelling was lost to him. "I suppose then you'll have to point them out to me," Jiro mused, licking at his lips to ease the tension. Stretching out his legs before settling down, he looks around at the pine tree forest wondering who exactly was coming to meet them.