Firestone Hot Springs please sign on the dotted line

At first her joke did no effect - or at least not the expected one. As the young man furrowed his eyebrows and denied having been saved, Maera rolled her own hazel eyes in an overly dramatic gesture. "if i hadn't told you to run you'd now be a puddle of goo probably" she explained, not knowing that the thing was her joke had been, from the beginning, misunderstood. She wasn't claiming having caused the eruption. 
That was simply insane. 

It was also a little insane that he had believed that she did, but whatever.
"you're welcome" she barked simply, a grin on her face, as he kinda accepted he had been the 'damsel in distress' here. Quickly Maera mimicked the male's wagging tail. 
Again, she was content. "im not sure what they are or what makes them go off but i know i won't be getting my beauty nap there again." she barked with a simple shrug.
She had no answers for him.

Maera certainly had a fascination with nature, her selective collecting habits being a perfect proof, but she knew little of the weather and things of that sort. She knew where to find certain things, she knew about birds, their usual feeding places and the color each of their feathers was supposed to be according to species. 
Now, she knew she was not giving good answers to her questions, so she decided to give him the questions instead.

"who are you?"