He smiled in amusement as the pup tumbled backward in surprise - he supposed that he should not have been so quiet, but he had been making noise with the snow; he supposed the pup was simply distracted by the beautiful sky she was looking at. Before long, his accurate and large ears picked up the sound of a wet nose snuffling around - the pup was sniffing for information to give her, and soon enough, she lurched forward and boldly began to sniff Ansui openly. He guessed that she hadn't seen anything like him before - and it was true that he had not seen many dogs like him, or many dogs at all, in the Ichikan territories. He smiled down at the puppy who displayed her curiousity so openly and innocently, his eyes full of warmth and kindness.
"Namaste," he replied, finding the pup's knowledge of Ichikan culture endearing - she seemed quite inquisitive and curious, a good trait that would lead to cleverness later on when she began to search for things to learn and entertain her mind with. The young female puppy proved his suspicions about her mind and her curiousity when she noted that it was a beautiful day - and that the sky was so big, that it was so large. "It is large," the man agreed in his deep baritone voice. "Did you know that some say," he said, a hint of lightness entering his voice, "That it goes above and above - forever." He looked up for a moment, imagining the dark depths that continued forever and forever into space and beyond. How peaceful it must be in the sky - the only animals he saw that flew there were birds, and they were small, smaller than himself and some even smaller than the curious young puppy next to him.
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