Erin fet somewhat giddy at his immediate and rather forceful response. She didn't doubt for a minute it had taken him a while to say this, what with the manner he had said it in. She replied with a big grin of her own, leaning into his nuzzle.

"I feel like I've hardly known you and.. known you forever." she said, half laughing at the sillyness of the comment. "I wish I'd met you sooner.." she added after a moment, far more seriously. She meant it - her life might have been so different if she had met someone like him when she was younger. She was happy that at least she had met him now, though.

She wondered, for a moment, where it would all go from here. It was getting chilly, though, and although she liked nuzzling up to Bakari her rump was getting cold. "Lets go inside, eh?"