Xander waited until he was far away from his mother, but still spoke in a hushed voice. "Alright Malaki, do you wanna seek out when mother's not looking?" he asked, still wanting so badly to explore outside of the camp.
"To the river, of course! I've never been there, myself. But I heard it was cool, so I wanna check it out!" he barked happily, still keeping his voice low.