Otter Creek New and Untested Lands

She had caught his slip, even before he had. He wasn't the brains in his family, but his father had taught him enough to know better. His face drew closed for a moment, his lips drawn into a line, and he lost a bit of his relaxed demeanour. Siarut took a moment to think about his wording. He had already spoken of his sister Shivali, letting this woman know of the other two couldn't be that dangerous. Coming to a decision he relaxed and sat back on his haunches, although his previous smile not yet returning. "Yes all of us. I travelled with my other siblings. We came in search of our wayward sister." He failed to relay their names, and the number of siblings he had brought with him. Ambiguity was sometimes necessary, and he planned to use it as long as was required. He had said enough about his siblings, and he would rather know more of the woman before him than dwell on his own family. 

"Nanook Apaata." Sia let the name settle on his tongue, attaching it to the scent, committing it to memory. Although he couldn't help the smile he had previously adorned return at her moniker for him. Ice bear. He found himself sitting a little straighter, happy with the nickname, a small yet deep laugh would come from within. 

Sia could feel the stress he had felt before melt away. Their brief exchange was a much needed distraction, one that he would continue to welcome until she eventually got bored of him. "Siarut Iyaroak Ateneq." He couldn't help the playful grin that appeared on his maw, as he sought out her copper gaze once more. "But you can call me Ice Bear." 

"Is it just the three of you? You, your brother, and father?" He wanted to know more, he felt a drive to learn of this woman. The pale brute was almost desperate to maintain their conversation. He had no intent of returning to the reality that surround the pair, to glad to be lost for a little while longer.