Firestone Hot Springs hotdog

Sorry for the late reply! School's been keeping me busy D:

Kaihra noticed the shift in Amelie's confidence, the gentle shrug of her shoulders, the doubt that laced her trailing words, and the Theta felt her brow twitch. She raced over the words she had spoken and felt her skin tingle with more than just the heavy humidity that plastered her fur against her frame. Amelie really believed the springs had a purpose, and while Kaihra couldn't bring herself to believe that, she felt her stomach twist at the carelessness of her remark - and at the tone with which she had spoken it. She knew that chide, and to hear it now coming from her own lips made a wave of nausea ebb in her chest.

Kaihra looked down. She wanted to turn and flee and forget about this place, but she couldn't leave now, not like this. As much as she wanted to leave, she needed to stay. She needed to fix this. Her mind still burned with her mother's distant voice, and she pushed it to the back of her thoughts. "You... could be right." The words did not come easy. The picture of burning lands still swamped her mind. She didn't want to encourage Amelie in her beliefs, and she didn't think anything good would come of this, but she couldn't let a rift form between them, either. The steaming pits reeled of danger, but the thought of uneasy relations set Kaihra's nerves ablaze. She hesitated. "How do you plan to find out?" she paused, then added with some reluctance, "what their purpose is?"