Seeing the little dragonling on her way out of the borders, Kaj had soared above her in concern during her travels. She was the daughter of Mirage, that much he knew, and he was uncomfortable seeing her head out so confidently from the safety of the herdlands. What was she out for? It was dark, the moon's light the only guidance they had, but her shimmering form was not hard to follow beneath the silver gossamer threads of light. The night was quiet, peaceful. Kaj hadn't felt peace, aside from random spurts of it, since the invasion. It was...nice, to be out on this adventure with his unknowing charge. It was likely she didn't even want him along, much less desire his company on any other day. Kaj loved foals, but he had a strange feeling around the dragon twins, and it disturbed him greatly. Not that he'd tell Mirage, Vikram, or the twins that. It would be locked up in his thoughts, just like everything else, and he'd keep his silence for as long as he could.

When she came across others is when he descended. It was not safe, regardless of whoever was around, for him to be in the skies when she was in a group he didn't know. Even if it meant he had to reveal that he'd been keeping watch on her- though he doubted she didn't know- he was more keen on keeping her safe than keeping her comfortable right then. The male with the bitch especially kept him on guard, and like a graceful swan he dove from the heavens to land astride her with a solid thud of connection between hoof and earth.

The waters lapped at their beaches, the group gathered around an object that shone like buttermilk in the moonlight. The young one, in a rather arrogant way to his ears- though he would not pin it on her until she revealed herself more fairly, he often wasn't best at discerning intonations- snapped at her elder to control his mutt. "Young one, you do not know the strength of companions. His bonded is likely communicating in the only way he or she knows how, as companions can mentally communicate, but can only make the noises of their species." It is calmly spoken, not really a reprimand rather than an observation. It wasn't his place to reprimand her after all, she was so young, but she clearly had someone watching over her if she was living life with that familiar desert scent on her coat. Crystalline blues turned to Amaris.

"Missus, I apologize for following you, I only wanted your safety." He admits to it truthfully, and once he is done speaking softly to her he stands back, not moving from the respectful distance at her side he holds, but not crowding her either. She was a babe no longer, after all. There is much muttering over the egg, for it's decided that surely that's what it must be, and Kaj doesn't know what else to say. He isn't one for advice where it isn't asked for.

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