Honeyed Pasture we were like gods at the dawning of the world

Quickly enough, the man caught up to her, matching her pace and walking beside her. Maera liked that he didn't try to take back the lead, and instead seemed content being alongside her. Then, he decided to stop being a stranger. His name was unlike any she'd ever heard and for a brief moment she wanted to ask him to pronounce it again just so she could hear it once more. 
"Axolotl" she ventured to say, whilst shooting him a sideway glance, hoping she had gotten it right. 

She then let silence crawl back for a little while, and gave her tail a gentle wag. Then, just like him, she shared her name without being asked - not necesessarily because he has offered his or to be simply polite but because it is now her turn to match him and put herself in equal conditions. 
To stop being a stranger. 

"I'm Maera Sveijarn" she woofed, her head turning again for her eyes to meet his. Then after encountering them briefly she turns back, her head now lowering as she begins to sniff at the ground for any signs of something edible. As nice as this conversation was getting Maera still needed to eat.