"Flesh! Dead animals!"

And now she’s a little horrified.

“Definitely not. Why would you- No. I technically eat sunshine and air. And the occasional fruit or berry for the fun of it. No meat.”

"But protein!"

She makes a face of significant discomfort.

"I guess it's kinda different when you can understand what they're saying, and develop friendships with them through extended conversations." 

"But fish are dumb."

"What are... fish?"

"Imagine birds, but shinier and underwater."

She stares downwards in thought. 

"Huh. Interesting. Never met one of those, so I have no opinion on their intelligence."

"I could introduce ya."

"An adventure to meet fish! Sounds fun! I'm down!"

"Cool!" 

He leaps down from the tree, landing on his feet.

She follows, although it's a tree branch that lowers her gracefully down to ground level.

"Lead the way."

He takes this to mean racing!

Surprised, she watches confused for a moment, studying the way he moves, and attempts it for the first time. She immediately trips and falls on her face, her feet not moving fast enough.

Laughter.

"Right... I'll try that again then?" She laughs good humouredly before taking off, now clearly having gotten the hang of this 'running' thing.