Eva slackened her shoulders, visibly relieved Jasper was going to let her take the reins, so to speak. When the dragon started picking at her neck, the islander hissed softly and immediately went to work getting the metal collar off her neck while scolding her at the same time. "Quit et! Ya gonna hurt yaself!" She slapped Jasper's hands away and gently placed her own on the woman's neck. With such a generally tender area, she worked quickly to seal the wounds closed with a flash of heat rather than a long burning one after the collar had been taken off. "I'd ratha dey see ya as a pet..." Eva murmured, thinking she'd seem less threatening if she were under the islander's subjugation. "Baht da village we be goin' ta seems ta be more of ah dragon lovah place den a hayta of dem. Baht aye need ya ta still behave!"<i>Because it's likely they will absolutely hate me if they found out who I was...</i>Knowing how fiercely the dragon had tried to--or rather<i>did</i>--mark her, she imagined if her life was in trouble, this side of Jasper would be just as fierce to protect her. Eva just prayed that small child had enough sense about her not to spread word around the village about the dark-skinned dragon hater. Who would believe the child when Eva came strolling into the village with a dragon by her side and a mark on her neck, anyway? The islander eased at the thought in time to see Jasper showing off her body. A hot chill went down her spine and her face bloomed red as she looked away and waved in Jasper's general direction, forgetting the dragon couldn't see her motion. "Yes yes... ya bootiful, mon." On the topic of food, however, Eva was at a loss for the time being. With Jasper unable to hunt and their food rations running low, it was up to the islander to get them food, but her only skill was fishing and the dragon could likely eat a whole basket of them just by herself. "It doesn't help dat ya ate ah good portion of our rations last time ya were out. Aye couldn't git ya to hush wit'out throwin' meat at ya..." Eva retorted with a soft snarl, recalling just how often Jasper had called upon her for food or attention. "Aye can git some fish up here, baht if aye asked ya ta stay, ya prolly wouldn't, wouldja?" At least<i>this</i>version of Jasper didn't threaten to leave her. The thought that for a moment she approved of a dragon over her humanized friend gave her pause. The dragon went on to ask even more questions, all of which Eva strictly chose to ignore as she headed off. "Follow me down to da rivah. Jus' folla mai voice, Jaspah," she softened the order with added direction, still not knowing how the dragon would react to being ordered around. The islander started humming that same tune she sang when she was in her own headspace while healing. The soft mantra carried enough weight to it that Jasper could easily follow her through the forest.<br/><br/>When they finally got there, Eva wasted no time wading into the water and sitting down. The water about her boiled and as the fish were caught in the current and brought to the boiling water, their bodies would pop up along the surface, allowing the islander to pluck their dead, boiled bodies from the water and onto the land. "Eat up!"