Bearclaw Valley eat it up for dinner

ancelin was certainly glad rala offered a shortened name; he wasn't familiar with the syllables of her first and didn't want to be wrong. both for his pride and her own. "welcome aboard then, rala," the rex said with a bit more joviality.
he didn't miss the little grin that she tipped cole's way, though he kept his purple eyes on their newest claw. "i would be happy to hear of it. this land, our land — it belonged to my grandfather, merrick. he worshipped bears. and while i do not, we've kept his altars and the old bones left behind when ursus was here. so. bears all the way down," a wry grin to follow.
he studied rala. "perhaps you'd like a tour?" and perhaps he'd let cole do it, amused by what he assumed to be a hint between them.