Silver Creek it's a mineral, marie

last from me! we need another!

again Casmir listened, realizing that he had learned at least two things from Shreya during this conversation, if not a few more. a nod followed her wise words, and he dropped his gaze to the ground to mull them over in his head. if Laika said yes, then cool. if she didn't ... well, they would have to compromise, like Shreya said.

on a whim the boy gathered his tall and gangly self up and sought to nudge Shreya's cheek gratefully. "thanks. i'm gonna go find her now," he murmured, more confident now than he had been a few minutes before. smiling widely at the woman, Cas turned to set off in search of Laika, tail waving behind his lanky hocks as he continued to mull over what the greying woman had said.