Big Salmon Lake Is your tongue tied up?

Well, he took Gannet's silence on the matter as a springboard and instead, gleaned his best strength from the familiar company at his side as he listened to the girl. His head tilted but he was picking up on her friendly demeanor, and was quick to roll with it since he wasn't outnumbered and he could chat. "Oh.. you.. betcha?" he tried to repeat, curious what that meant--surname? middle name? He wasn't one to judge on that, not with the matter of the mountain at hand.

The steely almost-yearling nodded promptly, more than happy to answer. "Well yeah we do," he said--because of course he lived on a mountain, where else! He gave her a bit of a squinty look that kind of said what, and you don't??? like she was the oddball out for her lack of high altitude home. "So you've never lived on one? Why not? It can be dangerous sometimes but also really good, if you're brave," he pricked his ears and waved his tail for good measure since the details were a little sparse, intentionally so.