"Speech"

Amaria tilted her head in confusion when Leon had looked away for a moment. Maybe she had upset him? Her ears pinned back for a moment before she waddled closer to him and gave a gentle head boop against his side. When he spoke again, this time with a grin, Amaria quickly brightened up. She gave a quick few nods as her ears once again jumped up into attention. "Yes! Let's keep going!" She wiggled in her spot for a moment before she laughed and nudged him to continue on.

Eagerly she followed him towards the top of the tower, this time much slower and way more careful than before. She didn't want to experience that near fall ever again. It still sent a shiver of fear down her spine. She would definitely have to start being more mindful of the things around. Shaking her thoughts away Amaria perked up when she saw the winding staircase had finally reached it's end and gave a strange noise before she bounded off the staircase and instantly began exploring the tower's room. "Wow!" She awed as she rushed over to an opening in the stone and jumped up to place her two front paws up on the ledge. Her eyes were wide as she stared out over all of Orion. "Bubbi come look!" She called taking a small second to look over at Leon before averting her gaze right back to the place she could now see more of.

Thankfully, the whole ordeal didn't seem to harm or frighten the clouded leopard that much. While Leon was left to deal with his sore bones and a few new bruises, at least Amaria seemed to be okay, and that was all he cared about. He could nurse his injuries later. His grin broadened as the girl enthusiastically agreed to continue their way up the tower. Leon strode forward, making sure that he went first this time. Not that he didn't trust Amaria - no, he just didn't trust these dusty, crumbling stairs. One misstep could cause them to go tumbling down again, and Leon didn't want to endure another injury. He moved cautiously, watching the steps, minding his footfalls and occasionally glancing back at Amaria until they had made it to the top. When the winding staircase had evened out into the floor of the watch tower, he paused.

Amaria darted out in front of him, examining the room. Leon grinned and followed her her, sniffing at empty room. Stray pots and pieces of rock-carved furniture lay strewn about the room, but otherwise there didn't seem to be anything too outstanding. He had paused, looming over one particular clay pot. The bear leaned forward and sniffed, but layers and layers of dust and grime did not take well to the sudden disturbance. At the slightest exhale of air through his nostrils, they exploded up in a cloud, causing Leon to sniffle and sneeze.

While Leon leaned back and rubbed his nose, Amaria called out to him. His ears perked up and he stood back up again, lumbering over to the open window in the wall. There, he placed his paws on the ledge and looked out, taking in the entirety of the room that stretched out before them. "Woah. Look at that!" He laughed, peering at the crumbling city. His gaze wandered over the room, finding the tunnel entrance they had come in through. "Look! That's where we came from." Leon gestured over to the tunnel, and then continued to survey the room, trying to pick out exciting features from the landscape below.