Eva took the compliment with a grin as Jasper fumbled a bit, trying to figure out how she'd found such tasty food in the village. The only reason she'd even come across such a prize was from a travelling merchant that had set his shop up in the marketplace. His tiny stall was packed so thick with people, it piqued the islander's curiosity enough that she had to go check it out. And she was glad she did or those teeth currently digging into that leg of pre-cooked meat could have been digging into hers. She shivered again and focused on finishing up her fish before grabbing a drink of water and then pulling together her last few items to pack.<br/><br/><i>"We could get a donkey or a horse..."</i>True. It would have made things easier in the long run, but she hadn't seen too many stables in town and the likelihood of them even having enough time to rent a horse was unlikely. Eva grabbed some of the blankets from the nest Jasper had made, finally noticing she had pilfered the blankets and pillows off the bed as well. Had she noticed earlier, she might of made<i>that</i>her excuse as to why she ended up curling up with the dragon rider at night. Sleeping in the same bed was likely going to be nothing but a distant thought for the next week or so as she would help Jasper over her rut without getting her personally into it.<br/><br/>When Jasper went to touch her horns, finally realizing they were growing in, Eva gave a proud grin, nodding adamantly at her partner. The salve was only meant to heal and sooth, but she wasn't quite sure what sort of longterm effect it was going to have on Jasper, so she was happy to see the woman had no complications. They'd need to get more of those herbs so she could make more of that salve. The islander paused in her packing and looked over at the dragon rider, raising her hand to slow the woman down as she had started putting two and two together about her horns. "Jaspah... Aye read n' da book dem Orcs gave me dat massaging a dragon's horns is supposed'ta calm dem down, havin' less of dat uhm.... adverse effect. When ya matin', da act is just soothin' for ya, mon. We can try dat out when we git a littah furthah from da village, copa?"<i>And then I can take my dip for the day without worrying...</i>, she finished in her thoughts. There were a few other things she'd read in that book as well that led the islander to be curious, but she wasn't about to share them all with Jasper just yet. If the amazonian woman was gonna have height and muscle on her side, then Eva was just gonna have to have the brain on her side.<br/><br/>After getting an awful lot of nasty and curious looks from the village people, Eva and Jasper were finally on their way to the cave Jasper had marked on the map. It wasn't until they were further away from the village that Jasper went a little weird suddenly. She started favoring banging her head against the tree and when the islander was about to make a witty little joke about it, Jasper blurted out that her dragon genes had basically imprinted on her. Blinking a few times, she tried to recall what she'd read that afternoon, but she hadn't had much time with the book and only skimmed over the most of it. Still shocked, she glanced over at her company with a confused jade-colored gaze. "Are ya sayin' ya dragon side chose meh ta be its mate? Is dat like a permanent ting, or just for da mating season? How dense can ya be, Jaspah?" She didn't mean to add to the insults the woman was already giving herself, but she was just naturally confused on the matter. For good measure, she still stepped back a few paces to give the hormonal woman room.