Anise listened as Morly explained that the lake was forbidden. However, forbidden or not, she knew what she had to do. She smiled as he stated that he had never broken the rules before and let her get onto the boat.

[quote=Morly]"I'm Morlyenaim," he boasted. "But everybody calls me Morly. I'm the river captain. I know everything about the river. I'll get us there safe." He squared his shoulders and stood tall, holding his stick like a staff. "And we won't even get caught I bet -- WAH!"[/quote]

Anise already liked Morly. He was just as fun and exciting to be with as Tyaelaem was even though they had just met. She was just caught off guard by Reus' sudden attempting to climb into the boat. She didn't think that he would try so suddenly. At least he was careful enough not to capsize the boat.

[quote=Morly]Morly waved his stick at the big wolf. "No Reus, you're too big! Bad dog!" Reus returned to the shore and sat down with a huff. "Go back to the witch's house! Go home!"[/quote]

Anise found it quite amusing to watch the theatrics happen between Morly and Reus. Reus stubbornly stood his ground as he was told to go back to the witch's house. Anise didn't like the sound of witch, but remained quiet while she thought of a solution. He probably ran away from the witch and that's why he chose to follow her after they met the last time. "Reus, could you follow from the shore?" She gently as possible connected to his mind using the lantern to get a clear response from him. She also wanted to know anything else he might have to say about Morly. 

She faced Morly and brightly said. "Thank you, Morly, I won't let you get into trouble because of us."