Blacktail Deer Plateau don't say a word

When she leapt out of hiding, he gave a startled look, jerking and immediately regretting the motion, but never losing his smile.  It was perhaps a bit overdone but to a pup, likely a pleasing reaction to a good setup.  "Never seen better!" he affirmed, nodding sagely, as though he'd been given an awful fright.

The extended vocalization of his name was seriously adorable, and endearingly he lowered his head so his nose was closer to her level.  She seemed to clue in to his off-ness rather quick, and one ear twitched back regretfully.  No high-spirited antics for him today, though that wasn't going to stop him from having some fun with her.  "I'm okay, though I'd be better if I'd been better at hiding I think.  Maybe you could teach me?"