<span style="color: #FF8000">Nii got a little nervous when Arella started talking so fast. A mile a minute. Like a two year old her nervousness showed by her sticking the tip of her thumb in her mouth and sucking on it. Her eyes wide as she waved the rest of her fingers slowly in hello. She blinked at the barrage of questions. She slowly pulled her thumb tip from her mouth. Looking at Arella curiously. Blinking at the who she was question. It took her a moment to remember as she hadnâ€™t used it in a very, very long time. â€œI Nii...â€ SHe said shyly. Looking at her. â€œLone for long time.â€ She said shyly. She nodded her head softly. â€œAnd Lilyâ€™s..they made mommy smile.â€ She looked really sad as she said that.<br/><br/>She looked at the lady as she kneeled down. Shyly reaching her hand out and touched the ladies cheek as if to make sure she was real. She was real. Her eyes wide and then she looked down sadly as the woman spoke. â€œThe mean man hurt mommy... She had red from her... Then she fell down. Mommy wouldnâ€™t wake up. I shook mommy but she not wake up. She not say anything. Men came and scare so run off. Daddy no be found.â€ She said. She wasnâ€™t sure the woman heard her because right as she said it the girl her age gasped and pointed. SHe looked in that direction too. Giggling a bit as her thumb tip found its way into her mouth again.<br/><br/>She looked up at Millicent as she spoke to Arella. She looked down as he free hand was grabbed by Arella. Watching this in curiousity as she was pulled along by her hand. She liked daisies. She wanted to see the daisies so was easily coaxed along. What she didnâ€™t get is why she needed to stay away from the street. She took a daisy from Arella and studied what she was doing. For the longest of times the five year old just studied and watched Arella. Trying to slowly process and figure out exactly what was being done. When it clicked she touched a flower petal. Gently pulling the petal and showed it to Arella eagerly. â€œLike dis?â€ She asked hopefully. With all the eagerness of a two year old. Hoping she was doing it right. She started copying and saying Arella's silly verbage. Shyly and softly. Pulling slowly each petal from the flower. Each time looking to Arella to make sure she was doing it right.</span><br/><br/><br/>Rico moved in a way he could keep up his end of the deal but still see the woman. His elven flexibility aiding in this fact. Looking at the woman curiously as she cleared her throat. Whatever was wrong with this seething woman? He KNEW he had not bumped into her so that couldnâ€™t be the issue. He didnâ€™t do many one night stands nor did he know anyone in this city to forget to return a call or give a call. So this womans anger was quiter perplexing. He moved himself to be facing her to be at a more comfortable angle. Studying the extremely pissed off woman. Maybe it was a case of mistaken identity? The manâ€™s short but pointed elven ears twitched a bit as he listened. He was one of the rarer elves whose ears were short and pointed insteaad of long and pointed. Which made it easier to pass as human if he so needed to do so.<br/><br/>He felt her hand on his pants leg. Resisting as best he could when she grabbed his pants leg and began pushing. Swaying his body back and forth...until she asked the question that allowed him to end his side of the deal. He finally allowed his body to topple...not that he truly gave much resistance. After all she was a lady and even if his tigerâ€™s impulse was to react and fight back...the manâ€™s impulse was she was a lady and needed to be treated as such. The man won as always. As he fell his body suddenly twisted and he landed on the tips of his toes. One hand laying flat on the ground. His reflexes and bodies actions much like that of a cat. Cats always land on their feet. He just landed on his feet when her topping should have landed him flat on his back.<br/><br/>He stood up and looked at her quizically yet still had a warm smile. â€œI do not have any kids. Not yet. Hope to one day but as of right now I donâ€™t have any. So she isnâ€™t my kid. I didnâ€™t notice her at the street or even if she wasnâ€™t mine Iâ€™d have tried to get her away from it. As to why I was doing such a deed...well it is quite simple. A couple of kids asked me to play with them. They chose rock paper scissors. We made a wager...if I won they had to go home and help their parents with chores and do all their homework. If they won they got to chose something comical for me to do and lay out the conditions. As you can tell...they won.â€ He smiled a bit.<br/><br/>â€œThey decided I was to walk on my hands while they held onto my legs all the way to the front of their house. Where I carefully allowed them to disembark from my legs. Watching and made sure they were inside. The final condition of their wager was that I was not allowed to walk or stand on my feet until somebody asked me why I was doing such a comical thing.â€ He grinned a bit. â€œWhich is what you did. I am a man of my word. I gave my word to the kids if they won I would do it. Even though they had gone inside...my word was I would walk like that until someone asked me why I was doing it. It was comical. It made the kids laugh. That is all that is really important right? Making the kids laugh and smile?â€ he smiled warmly.<br/><br/>â€œMy name is Rico. What is yours?â€ He spoke to her as easily as if she was calm. To him if you interacted with a woman who was angry in an angry way you were just asking her to get further pissed off. Yet if you interacted with an angry woman in a calm and easy going way she is likely to calm down. Less likely to smack you and tear into you with words. He was going to take the smarter route.