What if we were demigods?

"Speech"

And so they began to walk alongside each other at a comfortable pace, the boy soon noticing that the direction their paws sauntered upon would eventually lead them to the lake. Ah, such were the benefits of knowing the homely territory inside out. A small grin crept to his features as he briefly turned to look at her within a moment of which her gaze focused on the landscape ahead. Perhaps there was more to his friend other than sharing a physical resemblance with watery and oceanic hues.

Hearing the girl's announcement about how she was aiming for a promotion, he couldn't help but to spontaneously exclaim with delight, "Same!" for it was true. Now that he knew someone else had done the same as he, the yearling felt the need to blab about his experience with the alpha and what the leader had promised him (all with dedication, of course). "I went to see Allen the other day, and he said that we'd be able to focus on personal training. Dunno 'bout a rank - something in fighting definitely." For now, he was mainly concentrated on accumulating as much knowledge as possible, though he'd hate to stick around with the same rank for an overly lengthy period of time - how embarrassing that would be.