[private] never let it slip away

[Anubias]

Anubias does not know how rare the girl’s smiles are, but he is glad to see one all the same as she looks at how the dream has shifted around them and how it matches them in its brilliant colours. Changing the colours of wherever he was had been one of the first tricks he learned - when he had been chasing Creature and everywhere the red panda pounced turned shades of orange and black and white before being gobbled up by Anubias’ metallic greens. When she says she’d like to stay, his smile is not faint - it shines brightly in his pale green eyes and he relaxes more completely, so thankful that she's not angry enough that she wants out right away. “That’s definitely okay.” Kamaria introduces herself and then asks what games he places with his companion and his expression turns into a comical exaggeration of thoughtfulness. “Oh hm. Sometimes I make us really small, so we have to find our way through a grass blade forest. Or we go cloud-hopping. And once we played hide-and-seek at the bottom of the ocean.” Anubias has never seen the ocean in real life so his version of what the sea is like is woven from stories. He tilts his head, regarding the jewel-strewn girl for a moment before asking “What do you think, Kamaria? If you could go anywhere at all, where would it be?” He only hopes that he’ll be able to craft it, whatever she might think of - but he doesn’t share these worries with her. If he pretends they don’t exist, perhaps the rest of this dream will go smoothly, even with an accidental visitor.

@[Kamaria]