Sun Mote Copse Would you stay

Eljay explained to her what he had been doing, and she paused in her efforts to look up at him, knee deep in dirt. Not there? Why aren't they there? She asked, and then she thought, they drownded? As she tried to connect the dots he put into place. It hardly spoiled her good mood, but she didn't really get the gravity of what losing the herb stores meant. At his offer to keep digging, Quetzals tail waved. Okay!!! she answered, and began to do just that. 

But when he didn't join her, she glanced back up to him with bright eyes. How come you stopped? she asked. Wasn't he having fun? Don'tcha like dirt??? She inquired, shifting her hindquarters some as she peered at him. But maybe he was like Alyx, and wasn't as big of a fan of it as her. While the thought was disappointing, Q missed Alyx enough for the thought to be more endearing to her than annoying.