Reed hadn't realized that she had been desperately hoping that Larkspur's answer had been a yes until she felt the disappointment washing through her as she responded with a no. Her ears folded backwards, the first visible sign that Reed wore that she was worried and scared and held any other emotion within her besides happy. She also felt sorry for Larkspur as well. She had no actual way of knowing, but she assumed that she had family and friends that had been left behind in the flood. Was she looking for them too? She wanted to ask but couldn't find it within her to do so. Something stopped her.
Her green gaze shifted downwards to the rainbow colored rockwork beneath their paws. Each step, click click click, bringing them closer to more unknown. She was going to (for once) let silence fall between the two of them, that was, until Larkspur offered their assistance in finding Balthazar. Any hint of Reed feeling sorry for herself was immediately wiped away as excitement once again reanimated her. "You will?" She paused, turning to Larkspur with a serious look sprinkled into the excitement. "You mean it? You really mean it? You'll help me look for him?" A few others had already offered to help her look, but it was no less exciting to have yet another pair of eyes on the lookout, especially another pair with wings who could cover far more ground than she could. "Oh, that would be wonderful! Thank you. Thank you!" Reed reached forward to gently touch Larkspur with her nose on their shoulder - a gesture of thank you. "I hope I find him soon."
As the pair crested the top of a hill going northward, Reed paused at the top to stop and survey the lands below. Curiously, this side of the hill sported far more greenery than the other side of the hill. Perhaps it was because of the river (or ocean?) that she saw far off in the distance. "Welp, we found water. I'm not so sure that's drinkable, though. If I know one thing, it's that you don't want to drink ocean water. It'll twist your gut faster than goin' swimmin' after horkin' down a meal, it will."