Rivers listened distantly to Charm's mindless babble as he proclaimed to have met a man before with the name "River," which lacked the obvious "s," but still decided to remain quiet, even as the white fox mentioned that the guy from before never really bathed all that much. He was half-tempted to remark that he indeed bathed quite regularly, as he loved being in the water, but shrugged it off as Charm ceased talking for a brief moment. Amelia continued to call for her kittens, and, a bit unfortunately, really, Charm took the time to start chatting away again. He looked up at the timber wolf, describing the cats as Azul and Oro, who were each named such according to their colors, Azul being the girl and Oro being the boy.
The grayish wolf was close to chuckling as Amelia, quite bluntly, told her fox friend to shut his trap. Though he wasn't familiar with her second language, it was quite obvious what the words meant. He followed the girl's gaze to a brush that shifted slightly with small movement, and Rivers held his breath. Seconds later, two kittens launched from the plants, meowing happily as the Mexican woman scooped them up into her arms, as if she were their mother. Which didn't surprise Rivers if they were under the impression that she was their mother. Charm seated himself with an exhaggerated sigh of relief, and the timber wolf smiled. Amelia gestured to the kittens, introducing them to him.
Rivers blinked, his multi-colored eyes locking into Oro's as the young feline stared at him. A grin pulled at his lips as he started sniffing the air for the wolf's scent, and he actually began to laugh as Amelia scolded him with a giggle. "I wouldn't blame 'em for not sayin' nothin' to the strange, Southern boy that ain't got a clue about anything but huntin', sleepin', and swimmin'," he said, laughing all the while. "Glad I could help, though, Miss Amelia." He looked back at the Mexican wolf with a soft shine in his amber eye.
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