She had been more inland when the convoy from the Edge first arrived, so her response was not as immediate. Instead Ampere was finishing up her bath in the Oasis, scrubbing off the heat and the sweat it left. She whistled a low tune as she did so, and Kygo joined in at various times to harmonize, the little green parrot already bathed and drying his feathers at the pool's edge, something which didn't take long in a Tallsun day.

The activation of the bridge caught both their eyes, but it was nothing terribly abnormal. Except, more and more bodied seemed to be headed that way, and eventually it piqued Ampere's interest, her bath nearly done anyway. "I wonder what's going on," she mused quietly as she slipped from the water, giving herself a hefty shake and fanning her damp wings several times. "All leave in twos like ask," Kygo suggested to her as he hopped from his spot on the ground and fluttered to the top of her rump. "Doubtful," Ampere snorted, "the herd's a stubborn bunch."

Together the pair walked towards the bridge, and in one of the few instances of need, Ampere utilized her key to carry her across, her feathers too wet to fly properly yet. So in a halo of fire, but still dripping water, the Mother of Companions joined the now obvious group upon the wild shore.

Settling alongside Volterra (their height disparity vastly obvious), Ampere regarded the travelers with an interest that made her eyes bright and her smile lopsided. Sand clung fastidiously to her wet fetlocks, but she didn't mind; sand only clung to sweat and grime, once she was dry it'd tumble right back off. Her mane and tail were still clumped together in wet strands, dripping steadily, while her drying wings hung loose at her sides to speed up the process. Kygo retained his perch on her rump, nestled down low, hoping not to be noticed by the other much larger, sometimes carnivorous, companions.

"Elephant King," she greeted casually, his face the only one she recognized, "how good to see you again. The Edge fairs well I hope?" She couldn't help but flick her gaze down towards his elephant companion, for whom her heart still tugged. She wasn't here to cause a scene though, and for that she was thankful that neither Tandavi nor Mesec were in Tembovu's crowd. Ampere was getting better with patience, but she was by no means a master.

She was pleased to see Sunjata and Astarot hard a work, and noticed the bundle of plants Lyanna had brought. Ampere's attention however stopped and remained upon the horned unic, Toulouse. She'd seen him in the Threshold not along ago, but hadn't wanted to get into what she thought she knew of him there. Here however, seemed like a perfect place. "Say," she began, somewhat coy as her lips drew certain syllables out longer. "Aren't you that fellow Maren warned us about? The one trying to slip into the desert? You'd have better luck at night I'd think, and without all of us watching." There was no malice to her voice, because while she was grateful for Maren's report, Ampere was also confident in their abilities to keep him out. His motives however were something that still interested her immensely, though it wasn't too long ago that it seemed like colts must have been betting one another to see who could get past Gaucho. None of them had, a tradition she and Volterra intended to keep.