Ruby watched as the one backed away she tilted her head to the side curiously but also wondering if she had done anything wrong. She noticed how their pupils were huge it seemed somewhat obvious to her that it was her causing their discomfort. She felt bad for making them uncomfortable. Turning her attention to the female who asked her the question she looked over. "My head kinda hurts but other than that I am alright."

"Introduce...?" Klaus starts to question Althea but then stops, letting Ruby speak first.

They flick their pudgy blue tail one more time before sighing and standing up, taking one step ,back but then moving forward to stand beside the short sugarwing.

"Fine." They say with a huff. "I... I'm Klaus. Sorry for snapping earlier. I'm not used to being around whisks."

"Forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself as well. I'm Althaea," tilting her head in the direction of Ruby Althaea couldn't help but mother her a bit. "Do you live around here? Your parents or human must be awfully worried about you little one."

"Parents?" Klaus asks, their tail flicking slightly as an old emotional wound starts to sting. "Do you mean your humans or... are you a stray?"

They start to feel a little worried that the young Sugarwing might get attacked by a Nighttart. Strays often seem to run into such trouble. That's the story with a couple of their own housemates after all. Klaus finds themself giving Althea a concerned look and wondering if she is having similar thoughts.

Althaea understood the look Klaus was giving her. She shuddered at the memory of when the young woman who visits had to save all of the den's sugarwings from a large Nighttart who tried to get inside.

"Where do you live?" She repeated before adding, "I don't feel right leaving you out here on your own"

If Ruby doesn't live too far away maybe its not too bad, but still one nighttart could mean others...

Klaus fluffs up their feathers for a moment but then relaxes them, sighing, and choosing to stretch before laying down.

"There's still a little bit of time left before the sun starts to set and I'm thinking of going to that friendly baker with the purple hair. Maybe he's made some cake pops recently. Do... um... do either of you want to go with me? He's really friendly and gives out small treats to Sugarwings at least once every ... seven days I think?"

Ruby looked to Klaus to respond noticing the look of concern they gave to Althaea before replying. "Um...I have parents.." Even though this was a lie she knew it best to not let anyone know she was a stray. Turning her head to answer Althaea she said. "I live not far from here.. in a small cave by a pond." She replied looking in the direction of her home. Her head immediately whipped back to Klaus. "OH ME ME ME! I would love to join you." She tried to not act or sound too excited about possibly getting some more sugar but her feathers ruffled with excitement that gave her away. 'Perhaps these two could be my friends?' She thought to herself feeling rather lonely not really knowing many other sugarwings.

Klaus's feathers puff up again as they are taken off guard by Ruby's excitement. Sure the older cake pop Sugarwing back home still gets pretty excited over meal time but she's not as vocal or agile as a whisk. Wait... did she say cave? Klaus thought that only wild Sugarwings lived in caves. Perhaps that's not a fact after all?

"Okay. Oh. Um... He's not much of a pie baker.... he pretty much speciallizes in different types of cake. Would that still be okay? I think I smelled raspberry or strawberry around there earlier." The maned male informs Ruby, stretching once again and yawning before standing back up.

Althaea squints a bit at Ruby's answer about her parents, but pushes her concerns to the back of her head when Klaus brings up the bakery. Her stomach rumbled at the thought reminding her that she forgot to eat before running out of the house earlier.

"I have to admit that does sound good...I've never been though," her ears droop a bit. She would never admit it but being even this far from home made her heart race.