i'll take your word | joining | like a best friend should

[size=9pt]He was kinda' big. It was something he was coming to terms with. Not exactly bulky, but tall and lanky with muscle lean and potentially frightening for the younger kids. He was still in his late teens, not even fully grown yet. He'd have to figure out a shrink ray. "Guess I am." mumbles the lion in return. Typically, he'd have some playful remark, but there was a headache wracking his brain and, at that moment, he couldn't find it in him. He hadn't had much energy, recently.

"Ass-en-dants." He says, pointedly pronouncing the word for the puppy with a slight smile. "Don't blame me, I didn't choose the dumb name."

He listens intently to the back and forward between the kitten and the puppy with increasing worry. Parents really were assholes, weren't they? He felt like he could have a heated conversation with these two about their family issues. For now, though, he could only hover like their newly assigned mother. "Yes. Definitely. It is." He says in response to the puppy's question, one passionate nod of his head. "You need some water? Food? I'll show you to the main Camp part. We're not all ants; we got some dogs too." Did Alex and Imperia count as dogs? Absolutely.