Big Salmon Lake Mumbling To My Heart

He waited. He made no move to disturb her, nor shake her from her slumber. Instead he lingered as she slept, turning his mind towards other things as he practiced the long lost art of patience. After a while she stirred, opening her eyes to glance upon him. She snapped, her words biting across the air as she stubbornly shut them and tried to ignore that he was here. Kero didn't move. He wasn't quite sure what to say as of yet, but he had a feeling the words would come when they were ready.

She became annoyed at him. If he were in her position, he might have too. Her tail whipped through the water, kicking up a veil of spray that merely spattered at him from the distance at which he sat. "You're an idiot," he said with a smirk, still watching at her. "Rumor has it, you earned a death sentence because someone told you no when you asked if there were bison in the area."