September quickly shook his head. "No, it was pretty gross. I stepped on some of it, it was all sticky." He frowned, nose crinkling at the small memory. "I got out of there pretty fast. Didn't look tasty at all." Even the smell of the room had put him off of it. Like bones and dust and also like rot. Ugh.

He tried to imagine what Arsu explained, but as he'd never seen mountains and forests and fields or even a river, he didn't really have many pieces to put together to make a full picture or even a partial one. Well, it sounded nice, whatever it was. An open field sounded like something he wanted to run through at full speed. "That does sound pretty," was about all he offered in reply, although he followed it up with a question that quickly started bugging him. "But if you like it so much, why do you live here? Why not move there?"

The words "manicured" set near words like "garden" and "fields" made September frown. It sounded like someone would organize their grass in a row and stop others from munching on it, lest they ruin the perfect alignment. "Sounds real stuffy," he snorted. Nah, didn't sound like the place for him. They'd probably yell at him just for running around.

His eyes widened at the sight of the garden, quite a different sight then the rest of Orion. With glowing lights and plants that were deep, rich, healthy greens. Without another word, he stepped forward to begin grazing on some of the thicker grasses, not realizing exactly how hungry he'd been until that moment. "Will you thank Mercy for me? He sounds nice. This is nice." He managed to get some words out between mouthfuls of grass.

September continued grazing as he listened, finding a nice bit of foliage that tasted quite nice and began to slow, going from hungry gulps to a slow munch as Arsu spoke. He had never been able to eat such luscious plants yet in his life, having went from "dry bones and rot" to "crumbling ruins". He swallowed and looked up thoughtfully at Arsu. "Hm, well. Maybe someone should do something about that." He remembered the magic he'd used against the asshole back in Canis. It had burned away fur and also the fungus, he'd discovered as he'd tested later. But if that happened then...the whole forest might burn down. How long would it take to regrow it?

He pulled back in surprise as, with a quick flick, the leaves he was eating began to suddenly regrow. He stared at it for a moment as an idea began to unfurl in his mind, just like the flowers in front of him. He was staring for a moment when he realized that Arsu had asked him a question.

"Oh! Right, it's been...well, honestly, you're the only real nice person I've met. The first guy I met that I mentioned kind of attacked me. Literally minutes after I hatched! I was being rude or something and he scratched me and I felt all weird and euphoric. It freaked me out. He said he was teaching me a lesson. Some people." He shook his head and then stood up a little straighter, turning fully towards Arsu.

"Listen, you like this Eri-dany place, right? And its filled with that white stuff? Well, that white stuff is flammable. Plants and trees even more so." A grin curled on his face. "What if we burn it down and regrow it? You know, with magic! I can do the burning, you can do the regrowing. Then you can live in a nice green place and still be close to your family."

September smirked to himself at Arsu's outrage. Good, he actually had some commense sense - unlike that guy. "Yeah, I mentioned him before. Had like navy blue skin and golden streaks all over. Walked on two legs. Arms and wings and antlers and a dragon face and gold hair." He raised a hoof and did his best to motion in an arm over his own chest. "Purple gems right here. Like a necklace." Don't ask how he knows what a necklace is.

He continued to graze, but eventually slowed enough until he felt full and satisfied, folding his legs in to sit comfortably on the ground as well. He was a little shocked at Arsu's sudden outburst, ears flicking up with surprise, but his explanation made sense. Still, September had already gotten the idea in his head. Burning the forest down was extreme, but it would probably be a quick and effective way to completely obliterate the fungus from the forest.

He tilted his head. "Well, I mean, it can't be all that bad, if the forest was burned before and it came back to life. But I get it. Smoke would be harder to control and it would be dangerous for everyone that lived there. Still," he shrugged. "I think if enough people helped, it could work. But if your family has some solid allies, I'm sure there's a way we could do it. You said...dragons? Who else? Have they been just trying alone and its not working well enough?"

September frowned, ears flicking. How crazy was it that he would run into someone that could be related to the random guy that had attacked him at his hatching? Maybe not directly, probably like ditant cousins or something, but internally September hoped that they were related, so that this "Pride" could have a very stern and/or angry talk with that guy. Or even kick him out. That'd serve him right!

On the outside, he just nodded. "Well, if he is, I hope that's not something they'd be upset at him for. It wasn't pleasant. He has this...venom or something. When he scratched me it made me feel all loopy and weird, like I was really happy and complacent and I hated it. And then he got mad when I tried to fight back." He snorted. "Flew away real quick after that!" He failed to mention how he had initially been defensive and flippant, but that still didn't justify drugging a kid, in his opinion.

He stood up a little straighter at Arsu's suggestion. He didn't think that his idea was anything more then an idea, but it was starting to feel a little more possible. With enough gembound, maybe they could do something like this? He nodded. "Yeah, I'm done eating now. Woah, do you really wanna do this? Think we can?"

September rose a moment after Arsu, not bothering to stretch much - he'd only been sitting for a few moments and was already feeling quite invigorated again. "Doubt it. Didn't seem like the protect-y type."

Ears flicked up momentarily and his head tilted about five degrees to the left. "Well, I just kinda said it. I guess I didn't really realize how big the scope is on it. But it sounds like a good time! And if it makes you happy, then that's an even bigger plus!" He nodded. Yes, this was the perfect plan that would go 100% correctly and how he planned and he definitely would not be overwhelmed by the amount of organizing it was going to take to pull it off.

He gave a nod to Arsu. "Yeah, of course. Excited to meet your dad." And made to follow Arsu - how strange to be meeting his dad after just meeting him, but frankly, this was just all very exciting.