Cedar Sweep new horizons

Sorry it took so long! <3

Ensio proved a formidable companion, or so Taktuq decided. She hadn't known the boy before they'd left but there was a sense of adventure in making such a trip with someone still such a stranger to her. And he'd received her with such a readiness to go! Could she have asked for anyone better?

They bounded together in what felt at times an endless supply of energy. Never one to vie for authority, Taktuq happily let Ensio lead the way. He knew the route, after all, and Taktuq had been keen to let him know she was glad to have chosen such a competent partner to travel with. She reckoned she probably didn't have to bolster the boy with any sort of praise, but she never liked the idea of giving up an opportunity to encourage another.

"You mean to say there is a prettier sight than this?" she, too breathed in the cool scent of the cedar forest down below, and couldn't help but return his grin. He had a lively way about him that Taktuq found she appreciated the longer she spent with the boy. "And hot springs too! If this proves true, we will be the envy of all the Wilds, perhaps even the world! Not even my homelands had hot pools to boast of."