NOTHING BESIDE REMAINS — Tide-Fall was not the first to take issue with the territory that Tanglewood called home. In fact, it was more uncommon for joiners not to have a problem with the swamplands that the group had made their home within. Despite this, Aurum couldn't help but love their territory, even if it could be a nightmare for those – like himself – whi had a rather thick coat. He had hated it once, when he had first joined many, many months ago, but he had gotten over that hatred, and now knew the lands as easily as he knew the back of his own paw.

It was as a result of this that it was easy to find Tide-Fall by following the sound of her call, the massive winged cat eventually coming upon the dinosaur and her sour expression. He couldn't help chuckling in a good-natured way, his wings pulling in close so that his feathers wouldn't bend against the looming trees as he spoke, "Hello there, Tide-Fall. My name is Aurum, and I'm a member here in Tanglewood. I think it'll be fine for you to join, provided you can get used to our... unique environment." He might've been more surprised by her appearance if these had been his pride days, back when all he had known was lions and hyenas. Now, however? She was just another unique face in the crowd. — OF THE MAN WHO WAS BORN AND DIED A KING.

Sudden alertness was what brought her when she heard the sound. That low but baritone sounding hooting that traveled for miles. Like a signal that pulled her rounded ears forward as she paused and became still so that she could listen. For several more moments the sound continued on and within her mind she was attempting to try and figure out what the sound was. What it meant. Clearly it was some beast calling for attention but the sound did not have a matching creature to it for the foreign cheetah. Instead the woman would finally decide to go and see for herself what it could be that called for them. Her long tail swayed and twirled in the air as she moved through the more solid ground of the territory she was becoming more and more familiar with. Learning the ins and outs as she slides along fallen trees and over roots. This day she had not tried to wear her skull and instead was visible to the world. Her painted face of yellow, white, and black almost haunting in view as she came upon the scene. Fiery eyes widened at what she saw, body tensing up as she looked at the creature. Resembling the dragons that roamed the deserts but not quite.

A buzzing of excitement lit through her as she made her way closer, standing near Aurum. The breeze rustled her beaded shaggy mane as she titled her head a bit. Oh right, it was not polite to stare but she liked the look of the large beasts fins. Slowly a toothy smile pulled across her muzzle, hopefully welcoming as she sat down. "She is pleased to be able to welcome this one to Tanglewood. Ah, if the scaled one does not mind she is confused on what this one is? Are they...kin to dragons? She has never seen one like this before. " She was curious to know as she beckoned with her tail for the beast to come forth so that they might be able to show her their camp.

NOTHING BESIDE REMAINS — Aurum was glad that Tide-Fall didn't seem too terribly disturbed by the state of the swamp. Sure, she didn't have the greatest first impression of their territory, but they could make it up in individual first impressions, right? With a smile on his own muzzle, he chuckled and nodded before speaking, "I'm sure you will... it might take a while, but hopefully you won't be too miserable taking some time to adjust." Besides, at least things would be cooling down a little more as the winter season approached. When the height of the summer came, Tanglewood's territory could be unbearably awful and humid, and the lion didn't think Tide-Fall would be particularly dazzled by that, either. Reptiles – or dinosaurs, in this case – did have a tendency to appreciate warm weather more than cold, but there was a difference between warmth and humidity. One was pleasant and comforting, while the other was far more overbearing and suffocating, like the air had an iron grip on you and just wouldn't let go. Those were the times where Aurum desperately wished his pelt was a bit shorter.

Elsweyr's question did cause Aurum to snort, but that wasn't because it was an unreasonable one. Dinosaurs and dragons could look pretty similar to anyone, but there were some substantial differences that usually made dinosaurs stick out as different. He shot a small smile in the cheetah's direction before looking back towards Tide-Fall to speak, "Ah... dragons are kind of like dinosaurs. They're very big reptiles, but usually they also have wings. I guess in a way you could consider them your kin, if you look at all vaguely reptile creatures as kin." For some time, he hadn't even realized that dragons existed, so he didn't know how exactly dinosaurs and dragons were related. Perhaps dragons were an evolved form of dinosaurs? Or perhaps it was the other way around, and dragons had evolved into the – usually – more ground-based dinosaurs. Either way, he didn't really think Tide-Fall would have the answer to that, since she hadn't even been familiar with what dragons were until now. — OF THE MAN WHO WAS BORN AND DIED A KING.

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