Riko looked at him and smiled a bit. "Wanna go see the palace with me someday?" He asked. It would be so AWESOME to have a friend to take with him. Even if his siblings may not approve he didn't care. This dingo was so cool! He wanted to keep him close forever! What a weird concept. He shook his head to clear his thoughts.<span style="font-style: italic">Friends forever. He doesn't belong to me though...he a free man.</span>He thinks to himself.<span style="font-style: italic">Even if I wanted to...he might not want to be near me that long once he finds out about Rika.</span>He sighed in his head. He wanted a friend so bad. Despite the fact that he had this curse...he hoped maybe Alecs would be different. He looked at him and bounced hyperly from one foot to the next. This had to work out! It just HAD to!<br/><br/>He blinked as he asked about those things. "Yeah racing pretend cars. Its realy fun. A beach is by the ocean and has sand with lots of salt water nearby. I'll totally take you to see it come summer." He said with a smile. "They have grass and trees. Lots of things to play on like the swings. Sometimes a pond with paddle boats. Those are harder to explain. You would have to see them for yourself. You wanna go fishing soon? It'll be fun. I'll have Barnaby take us and you can fish however you want. I plan to use a fishing pole so if you person fish you'll need to be careful so you don't get hurt. It would be sad to see a friend get hurt whilest we was fishing. Plus Barnaby would lecture me for an hour about not being more careful around others. Don't worry Barnaby is nice for an old guy who is basically my baby sitter since I live away from the palace."<br/><br/>Then the guy said friends forever and he jumped for joy. "YESHAH!!!!" He said. Pumping his fist into the air in his excitement. He looked at him. "Yeah. You are around three or four years older than me. I turn eighteen soon." He said. If he had a tail it would be swinging back and forth in his excitement and delight at a new friend. He blinked a bit. "That must've been after I left. I haven't been here for two years because was made to do stuff with the family at the palace." He said with a sigh. Imago? He listened to him. "They are harmless those old ladies. Mostly...they just like to have things to hold and hug because they are lonely. Their kids left them." He shook his head. "Don't worry about them."<br/><br/>He looked at him and hugged him. "Yes. Yes you can." He reached up and started petting his ears. "They are so soft." He said. Alecs was just a bit taller than him. He rubbed the ears and scratched behind them. "So soft...I like the ears." he said. Letting go of them carefully and gently. Then went back to looking at him. "Alright Alecs." He said with a smile. Taking him by the hand and guided him to a medium sized pond. Pointing to a pile of small rocks. "When I was younger I would skip rocks so I'd gather them all up. Sometimes swimming to the bottom to pick up rocks." He handed him the smooth stone. "Come on." He took one himself. Throwing it so it skipped. "You try. Its fun." He said with a smile. Looking at him. "I'm excited which makes me hyper. I have someone I can relate to for once. So I'll not be lonely anymore." He said. His eyes sparkling a bit. "Come on...we only have so long before they ring the bell for dinner."