It had only been a day or two since the pup entered this room and mind had not grown bored of it yet. The glowing crystals for some odd reasons fascinated him to no extent, likely finding their numbers and light awe-inspiring. Within maw was a shard of crystal he found while examining the room to its every nook and cranny. He trotted around with it proudly, thinking of what he could do with it or perhaps someone to bring it to. Pace slowed when large ears caught the sound of water, direction changing to find where such source lain. Not much time had passed when form stumbled across the river this room surprisingly held. He watched currents go on their usual route, sniffing the air around to see if anything were out of place. Before setting his shard down and attempting a sip from the deep river, the sound of quick steps reached ears, looking for where it was coming from. A deer then came into view for a few seconds before vanishing, leaving him baffled as to why it was here and more so, running. Humming, he lowered head and began sniffing ground, putting aside water to see if anymore were bounding about the room.

Some time has went by with him searching about this area. He was not sure where the deer from before came from as nose was not having luck with catching any deer-like scents. That or he was ignoring the wrong thing. Lifting head up, sight noticed a peculiar spot, narrowing eyes and tilting head in wonder. He was tempted to check it out himself, but it seemed another creature beat him to it. Oh, it was a deer! Tail wagged lightly as he watched it, seating self while doing so. It was nice to admire things like this, even if only for a short while. A short while it definitely was as something out of nowhere rushed out and caught the curious creature. Body jumped in reacting to the sudden action, teeth gripping around shard. That... that poor deer. He knew such thing was a way of life but it seemed too soon for the creature to have gone out that way. Though perhaps he was being too considerate. The pup put on a frown as he witnessed the death of the creature afar, but displeasure had not lasted long, getting up and slinking his way over with a gaze that questioned.

Form moved far over to the side once he was a few inches away from this scene. Once at a distance he felt comfortable with, he did a peeking motion as he made his way around, looking directly into the face of the one in which had done this. Unknowingly, he had encountered such face, but eyes were in a terrible state at the time along with so much having gone on when meeting those three strange creatures. He sat down without a word, mostly because he did not want to lay down his shard. Instead, he purposely breathed loudly a few times while staring at them with tilted skull.

Hair stood on end when the stranger spoke forth. He was expecting them to do such thing but what waved off of them had the pup sensing a strange vibe. A snort emitted from him when they apologized, unsure if it were sincere enough for his taste. Then, they had come to realize he was not a plant eater, offering to share deer soon after. To think of it, the pup barely ate any meat; mostly going off berries and the sticks he often chewed up. No problems to arise, yet, but body would surely come down with another need soon—knowing plant matter could not assist much with his growing form. Though there was no telling if reformation morphed system to tolerate greens more. It was all but a mystery.

Neck stretched forward, sniffling the air around in uncertainty of eating off a creature such as a deer. The creature was large, self would not know where to start. An underlying worry of it somewhat being alive was present as well. Chin fell onto chest after assessing the situation, not flagging up the right feeling to bring himself to at least lick it. In place of giving venison a try, he walked over and gave the body a poke with his shard. It felt so odd being up close to one; going to where the head was and staring it down with curiosity. Finally, he set down his light, dry tongue licking lips and nose. "This is terrible!" he joked, snicker following right after it. It surely was a tragedy but mind would get over it quite quickly. Sitting next to deer head, he put a paw on it as if checking its temperature or whatever else one could do. "Hmm. I am a plant-eating greater one! Looks can tell lies now." he continued on with humored tone, deciding to let it rest as statements began to stretch with dryness. At times, he thought of himself terrible for bringing on humor in encounters like this. No, it was just a way in comforting self.

A deep breath was taken, getting on top of the prey's head soon after. He climbed it until he reached the spot in where stranger was eating from, examining it with a look in which spoke of disgust. "Isn't easy? Sustenance? Sounds weird," he told, sniffing the area and taking the decision to pull out a piece. Although as teeth gripped flesh, form shivered from the feeling, fur ruffled up and eyes wider than usual. Not wanting to turn away now, he tugged at the piece maw had, falling off the deer once meat released from its place. Rolling back onto paws, he shook piece before throwing it on the ground, composing himself now that he retrieved it fully. Tongue was constantly licking lips in trying to understand taste. Looking back over at stranger, he gave the shaking of his head.

"Such an unpleasant thing! How do you eat? Is there a certain way you eat it?"

Every second or so, a splatting noise filled the air as he continued to toy with "snack". Although mind knew, well, should know better than to play with something given by another source, thoughts were sure to remind him of where such thing came from—spontaneous movements settling down at the recollection. It was hard not to, however, as action was just a way in getting use to the taste and texture, chewing carefully whenever a tiny amount entered his maw. He listened to stranger's agreement on this being a distasteful thing to the one feeding off, nodding head along with.

Slowly becoming agitated, he tossed the piece over to stranger in practically letting them have the rest. Legs brought him near this other canine after retrieving his shard, sitting down and dropping the light to allow sight to study company without fault. Attention immediately went to their stone eye, accidentally invading their space to look at it directly. "Oh, no! Your eye!" he pointed out, putting on a frown from worry. Why he worried about the stranger's eye: the pup knew how precious the organ could be, remembering how his was. Putting rump back onto ground, ears perked when drawing awareness to their skipping. "No 'never mind that'! What do you talk about and why avoid it?" he inquired, narrowing eyes with suspicion. Kyorai may have been a youngster, but that was no excuse to cover it up, especially after bringing it up shortly. With that, self would not rest until he found out what it was—he surely would not.

Looking up at the cave ceiling and around this room, the canine completely forgot about the current state of this cave. With eyes adjusting to the lack of light and holding spell to ensure clearness whenever needed, darkness was hardly a thought. Attention snapped back in hearing a particular word, expression telling of his interest for the word in which caught him. "Oh? A guardian! You don't look like one. What do you do as a guardian of this cave?" he would expect the usual, whatever usual stuff guardians do. Waiting for a response, the male barked back the stranger's name, likely ensuring he got it right in saying. Following after was the giving of his own. "Kyorai," he hummed, stretching a small smile across his face.

Ear flicked in response to his name, nodding head in approving the pronunciation. When asked if he were familiar with the magic he wielded, he gave a snort along with a smirk, "Of course!" he answered, wishing he had current knowledge for some offensive spells to show off. Putting attention forth, he listened to Xireidi's telling of stones and spirits, gazing at him in great fascination, though it was not purely interest; at least, not right now. Head tilted in continuing to understand what they were giving the pup, mind only gripping onto the word "spirit" the most. So, from all of what he picked from and gathered for himself, there was this being inside the stone of every gembound. Mind had figured that much out, still trying to piece it together into something sensible. However, he could not put much of anything together, shaking head as a result. "What is the purpose of this spirit?" he inquired, raising a brow.

As a moment had passed, brows furrowed when coming back to something. He avoided his questions! Looking at his offering still resting on the floor, he gave the stranger a displeased face, huffing out. "Hey! You can't be dodging in answering me questions! What be of your eye, holding self as a guardian?" he complained, raising a paw in the want to bop the other canine. He would listen to what they would like to tell, but the pup could not let them skip over his inquires like that!

Frown removed itself in seeing the other eat the scrap he gave; however, lips and brow still twitched along as his query was still buried under. Oh, the action was fine, he would continue to jab at it until ensured. Taking in a deep breath, he held it in, slowly releasing it as he stayed patient with what the canine had to say. They answered his question about spirits but chose not to... shoving it back, he ignored their picking for the time being, pulling more air into his lungs. However, all of it escaped once done with one part of spirits, sensing something wrong with it. "I was never told of such being. Our stones just hold our magic, heal us when mind directs it. Wouldn't the spirit have say in that? Would our mind be this being?" he countered, remembering what friend told him about the stones in which gembounds withheld. Memory could not recall anything regarding spirits, only the stone itself. They were a part of their entity, so would not mind have the final say with this? Topic was gradually reeling pup in, though a lot of work needed to be issued to have him bite the next one.

Body's temper died down once they spoke about their eye, even though it was not an exact answer he was looking for—emitting out a humored sigh. Shifting crystal around to rest underneath him, he flickered ear once crawling to another part of their tale. "How are you to say all of this is true? Has this come upon anyone else?" licking nose, mind was beginning to jumble up a bunch of questions, ears faulting their speech. It was not good to be wary at times, but this was possibly the best time to shield up until he could see it appropriate. Most knowledge was going off past, however, it was not to say that he held holes within it. It would just take a little effort to fill those empty spaces. Head angled when they went on to talk about a power in which could threaten the cave. This is where he could not gain a grip. Past encounter, they spoke about a darkness, this encounter it fell under the same field. Where was it? Was he that oblivious to the problems of this cave? Sight took another round in examining this room, nose proceeding onward with its sniffing.

Mind was following along when telling about this creature named Yuma and the things they had done. It had not sounded too bad once they clarified the beings they took were lesser, though it still was chilling to imagine a pile a lifeless forms. "Beyond our comprehension? What would be considered beyond?" he asked, unsure of every gembounds' limit. Ears flatten when hearing they lost someone to the creature they told of before. Even though he has not experienced such, he could try and find some way to empathize. Trying to reach and place a paw on their stoned eye, he would gaze into their other. "Hey, hey it's okay! You're the only one protecting those from that fate? That's nice!" he said, trying to bring the atmosphere up into a cheerful state. If such was the case in them doing this alone, he would surely help out, but he was just a bean right now.