Phantom Hollow Nutcase

It looked like his mood had permanently changed. Not even her uncertainty made his smile falter, and if anything it looked as if it grew instead. Mitanni smiled a little easier back at him, following as he began to step out of the stream and onto the bank. "Yeah," she agreed through her smile, "it is." At least she hoped so.

Finding a spot at a decent distance away from the coywolf, the little brown female shook herself, sending water droplets flying and her fur spiking, disheveled. Noticing, she turned her head to try and smooth down a bit of the unruly mess with her tongue, but didn't get far before Judas narrowed down what he was asking of her. Greetings, affection, and thanks. That seemed more doable.

"Hmm." Mitanni thought for a second, reflecting, and when she looked Judas's way she tilted her head just slightly to the side. "You weren't really bad with greetings before. And they're pretty basic. Hey. Hi. How are you. What's up." She listed them easily, and added with a visible thought, "Sometimes just even a smile works." And his looked like they were coming more readily now than before. There was also the tail wag, but she figured that one would come on its own.