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Although crestfallen over the fact that this winged mare hadn’t seen Eytan - Murtagh physically drooped a little bit - in the next moment he was smiling again. The offer of help was immediately welcomed. He was supposed to be helping others for his quest but it was okay to accept it too, right? He certainly wasn’t going to find his bear cub if he stayed lost in this weird forest forever.

“That’d be great if you could! Which way do you think we should go first?” He couldn’t remember where he had come from before coming across this little clearing so any direction would be just as good as any other. Chances were that Eytan was wandering around looking for him too and even though logically Murtagh should probably stay in one spot he wasn’t thinking logically. Didn’t usually until someone told him too. All he could think about was finding Eytan and getting out of here - and how happy he was to have Amara and Sameira along to help him! He felt instantly safe with the mare and her companion - not even considering that they weren’t to be trusted. Anyone with a bear companion was family but not-bears were pretty cool too, they had the same sharp teeth and kinda looked the same and everything. His upbringing probably put him in a position where he was a little too comfortable around predators - but the combination of a mare and a carnivore was a winning one for the colt.

He felt better already but only so long as he didn’t think about how he was still lost. “I’m Murtagh, from the Falls! Oh, and the bear we’re looking for is Eytan. But sometimes he answers to mama.” And then before moving off so that he and his new friends could start looking for the bear, he hesitated and added sheepishly. “But… uh, if he ratted on me then we might find an angry mare named Ktulu instead.” Papa was going to be very angry if she found out he had run off and gotten lost but the whole point was to find Eytan before he tattled. Which might already be a lost cause - it was hard to tell what the bear was thinking and since he hadn’t found his own bear cub yet, he wasn’t sure how the whole ‘companion’ thing worked anyway.

For now, though, he wasn’t about to worry about his Papa and the consequences of his actions. “BUT DON’T WORRY I bet it’s fine! Come on!” Instead of springing off in a hurry (which was what had gotten him into this trouble in the first place) he waited for Amara to lead the way. She was taller, maybe she had a better view of this place and would be the first to spot the brown bear they were looking for.