ibis is grown the same as him, so okeanos doesn't feel the need to hover over her. he doesn't mind when she wanders off, trusting she won't go too far (and besides, the sun overhead makes him feel languid and heavy, sinking into the meadow.) still, he can't help but want to keep an eye on her. after enough time has passed that he's ready to push them closer to the mountains, okeanos goes after her scent.

it's joined by another, unfamiliar. his pulse quickens anxiously, but there's no fear that he can sense, and he hasn't heard ibis shout. so he forces himself to relax and continues, easily tracking them down (it is a big open meadow after all). "ibis," he calls cheerfully, and then slows, his expression flickering as he takes in, "what's, uh," hm, "what're you up to?"

of course, okeanos is not a fool. his mothers have explained sex to him, what with breeding season and all. so it is not so much confusion but surprise that glimmers in his applegreen eyes watching some strange boy comb his teeth through his sister's pretty scruff. hm. drawing himself up to his full stature, okeanos asks mildly, "i'm sorry, who are you?" his eyes locked on the stranger.

the boy, upon seeing him, beats a hasty retreat--which okeanos wasn't exactly expecting, but he can't deny the hum of smug satistifaction it gives him...until ibis starts glaring at him. immediately his ears flatten back, guilty at having interrupted his sister, even if his protective instincts tell him it was the right thing to do. "i wasn't trying to make him leave," okeanos tries to explain, but pauses and sighs, adding, "well.. maybe i was, a little bit. i just didn't expect -- i mean, um, did you even know him?"

he'd said his name was tristan, and maybe ibis had met him while she was in lost hollow creek, and okeanos was the boob for not realizing that. but he didn't smell familiar.... not that it's his place to chastise her....... awkwardly, he shifts his weight from paw to paw, and mumbles "sorry," hoping she'll forgive him for the intrusion.