a loaded god complex, cock it and pull it
In short, the boy was still too young and self-involved to notice that his new friend's reluctance to bear her title.
The black and auburn face split into a radiant grin, and he shuffled eagerly in the underbrush- there was just too much excitement for him to keep it all still. She suggested they go to the ocean, and he immediately replied with youthful exuberance. "Yeah, I've been to the ocean lots!" He'd been born by an ocean, after all, and Ma liked to take him to the sandy shore, to tell him stories and fill his head with delight. Heck, the Throat was even an island now, surrounded by ocean!
He was practically a fish!
He tensed, ready to spring into motion, to lead them both to the distant sea, before a horrifying thought stopped him in his tracks. In the excitement of new friendship and their interesting conversation, poor Zèklè had forgotten that he was deeply, hopelessly lost.
Sunbeam eyes turned back to the girl, a sheepish smile on his boyish face. "Uh... maybe you should lead the way," Zèklè suggested, one hoof scuffing, embarrassed, at the inoffensive earth. "Jus' so, y'know, we go to the right place'n all."
Good save.
@[Isopia]
am i more than you bargained for yet?