Totoka River to carry adolescent as an atlas

He felt kind of bad for watching her make her way, and glanced away every few breaths when he felt too nervous just peering so carefully and not knowing who she even was or what it was she was doing here. When she spotted him back, he felt more intrusive and swallowed nervously, but swished his tail tight against his legs to show that he meant no harm.

Since she didn't immediately get away from him and he stayed put, too anxious to really do anything about it except gawk when she stepped a bit closer to him. She was awfully small. Maybe the dampness made it worse. Wasn't she terribly cold? He almost shivered on her behalf. Seeing her by herself away from a pack pinged as odd to the forest boy but since he almost never left himself, this was just how he thought it was. "Where.." his voice came out smaller than he meant, so he stopped to gather it up again. "Where are you from..?" he asked, ears falling back as he rushed out the words making it obvious that his meeting skills were very pitiful. Nothing here smelled like anything he knew.