Place one foot before the other

Novel was quite impressed by he brother's patience and focus. He would not sway his attention from her as she did her best to explain the world as she knew it. Obviously it would become easier to show the boy home and everything that encompassed it. He would nod as she explained as best she could, as he would repeat back to her very seriously what he had learned. She wasn't sure that he knew what drowning was, but he was in tune with how important it was not to. She'd save the lesson of death for her mother, and would leave the topic of drowning were it lay. Dutiron's bright expression would pull Novel's own smile to play upon her lips. He would ask curiously about what he could do, Novel's grin would turn contemplative as she thought. "Well, you can play... With me." her grin would widen. She didn't want him too far from the den, but she didn't want to send him back in yet either. She supposed her mom might let her take Dutiron on an adventure, but if she did that shed have to take the others too she was sure.?