Winwe arose early the first day of travel as he always did, moving silently, away from the group he didn't want to disturb anyone, travailing with sleepless people was an annoyance they tended to get grouchy or moody he walked a small way into the woods finding a small clear area with his sharp hearing he could hear a near by river he found himself thinking it was quite a tranquil spot, if he was more serious about his meditation like some elves were he could spend two or three days there after about an hours meditation in which thoughts passed threw his head such as the group of guards was far larger than that of a normal caravan travel also he couldn't help thinking for all her attitude about different races he wondered how Taliha would react if or when she found out he was an Elf this wasn't a massive concern to him, she hadn't tried to hurt the other elf then again the other Elf was up front about what she was.<br/><br/>Winwe also found himself thinking about the young human who practiced with his sword, the boy was not talentless, in fact he was well practiced in what he knew, that was also the problem he didn't seem to have any real fighting experience, which left Winwe thinking had the boy ever sparred,<span style="font-style: italic"> maybe I'll offer him the occasional sparring season, I haven't spoken to the lad but it would be dangerous if the boy thought of himself as the next profit or something</span>Winwe had seen to many young humans die like that hormone driven and out to prove there man hood, but Winwe honestly doubted that about this young lad the sword he carried far to well made for a boy of that age.<br/><br/><br/>Winwe's last thought as he had been for the last two nights, was the elf girl,he still hadn't learned her name partly in case she saw him as an elf, partly out of that he found all of his thoughts about her didn't seem entirely holy, which he found himself staring at her more often than not, he had to keep mentally shaking himself,<span style="font-style: italic"> Bein  Athan LÃ³mÃ« (beautiful beyond dusk)</span>he found himself thinking when he watched her walk by and as dusk was his favorite time of day this was no small comparison for him to make, he had spent many of the night hours puffing on his weed pipe thinking about how to introduce himself to her, maybe slipping in an elvish phrase like<span style="font-style: italic"> Acheyla Ederoi (greetings angel) when he ran it threw his head he mental face palmed himself.<br/><br/><br/>Winwe finally arose from his meditation he placed his hands on his blades and slowly drawing them, although arrogant Winwe caught himself looking at the blades [I] truly a master piece</span>he thought to himself he blades they were perfectly balanced for him meaning they were almost weightless to him, he slowly widened his stance mentally preparing himself for what he called shadow practice in which he imagines at least to foe's and spares with them. Winwe stopped this after about 30 minutes of training in which he had preformed a few difficult spins and lunges he had worked up a bit of a sweat, he had decided now would be a good time to rejoin the others and get some breakfast.<br/><br/>Winwe finally got back to camp pulled out his pipe and weed and sat with his back against the caravan placing the pipe threw the hole on the scarf he wore around his mouth and nose and placing it between his lips and packing some of the weed into the end of the pipe, he pulled the scarf away from his lips slightly so he didn't choke on the smoke, grabbing his box of tinder twigs he lit the pipe and puffed out a small ring of smoke relaxing against the caravan.<br/><br/><br/>Winwe sat there waiting for the other to awake, he was surprised to see the caravan leader up and about before the other busying himself with his chores, he found him pondering the fact they had seen very few travelers which he thought was odd, mostly because the town they had left behind was quite a bust town, strong import and export he had expect to see more people<span style="font-style: italic"> maybe troubles up ahead, but as far I haven't seen any signs of it</span>.<br/><br/>Winwe found the rest of the day as event less as the morning it, it passed by slowly he had took up a seat on the caravan it self sitting on top to the side his feet hanging off the edge, he had pulled out a small book and was reading it, although the cover was written in the human language the contents of the book was in elvish, it was an old book tattered and torn from use and travel, it wasn't a long story it was about Elves and dragons but it was more of a child's story not going into details of the battles or who the great battles were fought.<br/><br/>Winwe noticed later that day that Taliha was riding her mount next to were he was sitting, bobbing from side to side slightly as the great beast trotted along he placed a small bit of silk between the pages he was on and closed the book and tucked it away into his cloak, before looking up at the woman.<br/><br/>â€œTell me Taliha, was it not hard to leave your family and friends behind when you leftâ€ he sid his voice once gain muffled threw the scarf, this question had been playing on his mind since he had meet the woman, he wasn't sure how long he could bare to be away from his family if he wasn't exhaled from his land, he couldn't imagine a human wanting to leave all they knew behind, human males yes to prove themselves but woman, there normal duty as he understood it was to get married to a suitor to increase her family's wealth.<br/><br/><br/>Taliha smiles at the mysterious man who continued to cover his face from her. Moving easily in the saddle while she takes a moment to think over his question. â€œWell I am the eldest so I spent a good deal of my time taking care of my younger siblings, on top of my other chores. So I was a bit overwhelmed at times, however, it was a hard decision to make. I do miss them and will always miss them, but I do not plan to stay away forever. I promised both my parents and siblings that I would return home often. Bringing the little ones gifts and tales of my adventures, while I just grant my parents relief at seeing my alive and well. Though now that I have had a taste of the world and what it has to offer I am not sure I could ever be happy settling down againâ€ she says to him with complete honesty as she grinned at him. â€œWhat about you? Do you miss your family? Is there a family to miss?â€<br/><br/>Winwe paused at her answer, thinking how best to respond â€œwell, yes I have family but I cannot nor have I seen them in a long timeâ€ he lend forward slightly and continued â€œI will never settle down, I have a goal that I intend to complete before anything like that happens, but female company I haven't completely ruled that outâ€ he said thinking of the Elf girl. "how about you you ruled out male company completely?" he asked her trying to get the thought of the elf out of his head<br/><br/><br/>Taliha smirked, â€œNot at all. Male company is one that I have enjoyed and do intend on enjoying again. Whatever male I settle with will have to be ok with me being the independent, bull riding adventurer that I plan on beingâ€ grinning at him, â€œYou already got a girl in mind? Or at least an ideal girl in mind?â€<br/><br/>Winwe looked back at her â€œwell, I am honestly not the most experienced with women, and as for one in mind, perhapsâ€ he said his face blushing thankfully it could not be seen under the hood, â€œin fact I honestly haven't been with a woman, it's kind of difficult when wearing thisâ€ he said gesturing over the scarf and hood.<br/><br/>Taliha grins, â€œWell you know you could just remove that? Unless you are like horribly scared and then you need to definitely remove it!â€ she says with excitement. â€œWomen and men are not that different really. I mean you are talking to me just fine right? I have yet to yell at you, call you horrible names and try to bite your head offâ€ then leaning in closer to him, as much as the saddle would permit at least, â€œThat is unless you ask me nicelyâ€ she winked at him teasing him lightly.<br/><br/>Winwe chuckled at A the fact she wanted to his his face more is he was horrible disfigured and B her last comment â€œNo, you are right men and women arn't so different, but as for taking this offâ€ he paused to think of the right words â€œnot yet, maybe in time I'll take it off but as for know, I have a feeling some people won't like what they seeâ€. Winwe pulled out his own pipe and the spare one he kept in his bag packed them both with some of the weed he had, placed one in his mouth and lent forward to offer the other to Taliha. â€œso what valiant knight takes you fancy then, dark and mysterious type are you?â€ he asked with  small chuckle<br/><br/><br/>Taking the offered pipe Taliha produced the matches to light each pipe in turn.  After a few puffs so the flavorful smoke, â€œWell one who offers me a pipe freshly packed with weed is definitely on the list of desirablesâ€ she winks at him again enjoying teasing him. â€œActually I am just looking for someone to accept me for me. Not some man looking to bed me, lock me up in a house with the dozen or so babes he wishes to haveâ€ she took a puff of the pipe before continuing. â€œBecause I can tell you right now, while the notion of children is something that I wish to have someday, I will be damned if I am left at home caring for them on my ownâ€<br/><br/>Winwe laughed at her teasing him well truth be told he guessed it was teasing the mysteries of women baffled him, even in his long life, after ta;iha had finished speaking Winwe took a long drag on his pipe and blew the smoke back out â€œhear, hearâ€ he said  â€œI honestly don't believe woman should be cooped up in the house, after all look at you a fine adventurer and I'm sure a fine womanâ€ he said teasingly back to her.<br/><br/>â€œYou sure I am? Why Winwe are you trying to say that I am anything but fine?â€ she grins, â€œAm I going to be forced to show you just how fine of a woman I am?â€<br/><br/><br/>Winwe went scarlet under his scarf<span style="font-style: italic">oh my</span>he thought to himself  Winwe tried to talk but it came out as more of a noise than speech he mentally shook himself and said  â€œoh such a fine woman wouldn't be interested in  man like meâ€ he said with more of a nervous chuckle putting his pipe back in his mouth hoping the weed would calm his racing heart down and too a long drag.<br/><br/>â€œNow are you trying to say that I am not interested in men? My friend you are on a roll todayâ€ she says smiling as she placed the pipe between her lips and puffed lightly.  â€œThough....there was that one time...â€ she said with a grin, â€œMind you it was just once but she was rather....accommodating....â€ grinning now as she held the pipe between her teeth as she seems to be thinking back to a certain moment.<br/><br/>Winwe thanked all that was holy that he was sitting down, just the image that flashed threw his head were enough to make me excited for all the world to see, he tried to casually pull his clock over his crotch so Taliha  didn't notice his â€œreactionâ€, â€œw-well I can see y-you have lived a far more exciting life than I in that respectâ€ he said gulping hard and taking another puff of his pipe.<br/><br/>Laughing she tossed him back his pipe, â€œStick with me and I can promise your life will be full of excitementâ€ then without another word she clicked at BC with her tongue and the Bull picked up pace so that she could ride in the front for a bit. Leaving Winwe to ponder just what kind of excitement she meant.<br/><br/>Winwe sat there in kind of a shocked state<span style="font-style: italic"> do you actually find a human attractive, and what excitement did she mean</span>he thought to himself as he lent forward to stare at Taliha's ass, after a few minutes of letting his mind â€œwanderâ€ he came back to his sense when the caravan stopped for the night. Winwe hopped down with his bag and set up his sleeping roll, after a few hours in which they ate in mostly silence he retired to his bed making sure his hood would not fall during the night he fell into one of his half awake half asleep states that was common for his race apparently.<br/><br/><br/>Winwe awoke first the next day going off to an area to meditate, he heard after a while a few other start to wake up. One went to the near by river judging by the weight of her steps, he guessed it was the elf girl. The next he heard was the bull trudge away and after a short while come back, he had decided he should make his return soon. Winwe got back to the camp after a short walk, rolled up his bed roll and tossed it back onto the caravan, pulled out his pipe and stuffed it and quickly lit  it. taking a few puffs he grabbed his bag and grabbed himself a nice pear<span style="font-style: italic"> I may offer some of these to the others, they wont last long in that bag</span>.  Winwe walked over to the now light fire and sat down near Taliha who was in conversation with the driver, Winwe pulled down his scarf enough to still hide his face but so he could eat the pear, and wondered what the day would hold. Hopefully something less dull<span style="font-style: italic"> well the talk with Taliha wasn't dull</span>he found himself thinking but quickly shoved that out of his head.