Big Salmon Lake Vague statements

So he was going to get his fortune told!  Or be taught how to tell it.  Whichever.  He wasn't sure yet.  It didn't matter too much either way.  His tail beat against the ground a couple of times as he pondered it and she began to list things.  What would lie ahead?  Besides more snow, seemed like.

But the list just kept going.  He paused, staring at her owlishly, Wait, w-what.  I don't even have a clue what like half of those are-- but as he talked, he shifted from dumbfounded to bemused, -- maybe more than half.  What's that last one, your favorite?  They all sounded made up or other nonsense to him, but maybe they all were real?  It wasn't like he had the background in it.  It wasn't beating up people, so it hadn't been a subject of training.

Even if it was all made up, he was quite willing to play along