Aimlessly they'd wandered, the ape trusting his small companion as he led them through the vibrant crystals, and glowing mushrooms. Although his stomach still growled occasionally, the mandrill just head of him seemed to be enamored with the brilliantly hued walls.

However, as a faint ache between his shoulders slowly pulsed a reminder that he hadn't had the best landing climbing down from his chrysalis, Aartappel had stopped ever so abruptly. Sitting himself down on the dusty rock floor and grabbing at his feet. Cheeks puffed out for a moment as Titan tilted his head in silent curiosity.

"Ok so, here's the thing... I forgot we were looking for food..." Aartappel said, cheeks deflating rapidly with a loud exhale. Of course, Titan remained staring at him for a few moments, processing his words before blinking. And shaking his head.

'... That's fine... everything's fine.'

Well... he figured as much with their aimless wandering, and Aartappels' innate curiosity that had led to their meeting in the first place. A soundless sigh passed his throat as the Gorilla settled himself down across from the mandrill, tapping his knuckles against the ground in a way to try and voice his thoughts.

'Figured as much.'

The squint from the mandrill told him that he was at least trying to figure out what he was 'saying.'

"Maaaaybeeee....we haven't reached the food yet...I mean we've seen lizards! So there HAS to be food somewhere!" Aartappel said, shooting to his feet with eyes blazing in determination.

'Settle down.'

Slowly, Titan waved his hands in what he was hoping was a placating motion, having to squint at the smaller baboon's sudden show of energy. Unsure of whether his actions fulfilled their duty of calming the overly energetic baboon down, the gorilla pushed himself back to his feet, briefly reaching up to scratch at the side of his throat with a silent hum.

A moment's pause, and Titan bounced slightly. Smacking his palm flat to the ground to grab Aartappel's attention again, before curling his lips back to show his teeth. A wordless question being directed to the mandrill as he tapped at small canines.

'How do we know what is safe?'

"I know you're hungry, I'm sure we're about to stumble onto some food any moment!"

With a pace that Titan could once again, only blink at. The mandrill raced off, hastily scouring between the clusters of vibrant crystals for some sort of food. At a much more sedate pace, Titan lumbered after him, a curious tilt of his head being his only response to the sudden 'scooping' motions that Aartappel was making, though unable to see just what he was making said motions at due to his back being turned to him. However, as he intended to tap out his curiosity, Aartappel had turned back in his direction, hands cupped, and covering whatever it was the mandrill was holding.

"LOOK! LOOK! Take a look at these!"

Picking up his pace from the excited tone that Aartappel had taken on, Titan wobbled to a stop in front of him, crouching just enough to be eye level with the mandrill's hand. Reaching up, being ever so delicately to peel Aartappel's hand away in order to see just what he'd found.

... And then promptly looked back at Aartappel, disappointment written clear across his face.

'... Really?'

It seemed his disappointment was clear enough for Aartappel to see, judging by the puffing of the mandrill's cheeks. Something Titan only could only snort soundlessly at.

"Ok-ok, look I know they may not be edible but I thought you would enjoy them! I mean they are cool aren't they?" Well... with that logic, how could Titan be annoyed with him?

Gently, the gorilla took one of the stones from Aartappels' hand, slowly nodding his agreement to his statement. The stones were pretty neat... Setting the stone back in Aartappels' hand, Titan tapped his knuckles against the ground.

'This time, I'll look for something edible.'

Straightening his stance, Titan wobbled away from the stone-carrying mandrill, attention floating upwards to try and find something that might be edible. Though, as fate enjoyed being stubborn, not even Titan could find anything... only more stones. Of which he'd calmly grabbed a handful, and hobbled his way back over to Aartappel, attempting to keep his balance on his hind legs.

Presenting said stones, Titan sat back on his haunches, looking only slightly annoyed at his luck as he tapped the knuckles of his free hand against the ground.

'I found more rocks.'

"Well those are definitely rocks..." Aartappel had acknowledged the stones in his hand. Puffing out his cheeks again as that blaze of determination spurred itself to life within the mandrill's eyes. Curiously, Titan watched as Aartappel gently set the stones down, his hind leg reaching over to scoot the stones closer with a soundless hum.

With boundless energy, the monkey had raced off, his small tail the last thing to disappear behind the various clusters of crystals, voice echoing around the glittering structures with a simple message of 'No Food Yet.' Weary, the ape settled himself down, feeling a bit more at ease, with the small stones pressing against his chest, waiting for his Best Bud to come back.

'Don't get lost now...'