"I want to learn, sir. Learn to use the powers you gave me better, and to learn more about what you stand for. I told my nephew I'd learn everything I could to help the Foothills thrive, and those are your lands." A hopeful light entered her eyes as she tilted her ears forward. Still she kept her head at a properly respectful level, considering she'd persevered hard enough to just be granted this audience.
In truth, she wanted to be able to summon larger creatures of water, had wanted this for some time now. But recently she had developed a curiosity about the gods themselves. There was four now, she'd heard. Moon, Time, Sun, and Earth. She'd heard quite a bit about all of them, but all secondhand. The only one she knew of personally was the one who stood before her now. And it was to him she came, asking permission to learn from him. If he would teach her.