Kali puffed on  the intricately carved pipe in her hand as she walked with the young Aviari. Her teeth worked along the curved and delicate stem of the implement as she stared off in no particular direction. Would Dal be happy to see her? It had been some time after all and she had no way of knowing if he’d found his soulmate while she was gone. The thought filled her with both a surge of happiness at the possibility of such a thing happening but also a little jealousy that she was quick to smother with another pull from the strong, sweet smelling narcotic she was smoking.  When the tall elven woman came into view she’d have made quite the sight.  Standing at least eight feet tall her wild brown locks fell to the small of her back in curly half-ringlets and smoke curled out of her nostrils like that of a dragon’s as she exhaled the last hit of her pipe.<br/><br/>She watched the kids run onward with a smile on her face before looking upwards and seeing the tall  figure standing out between what looked like two humans. Was it Dal? It had to be that brilliant, bright blue plumage existed nowhere else at least to her knowledge or perhaps she was simply being sentimental. It mattered not however because as soon as the male Aviari let out his excited cry she knew who exactly it was and the realization put a broad smile on her dark face, her white teeth contrasting wildly with her skin. “ Dal’tek. Oh by the stars you have been missed!” She walks forward quickly, meeting the birdman halfway in his stride and wrapping her long, lithe arms around him a tight and fond embrace. Her form melted into his for a brief moment as their foreheads pressed together, the equivalent of an aviary kiss that was more ‘passionate’ the longer it was held and they certainly held it for a decent moment, long enough that Kali was somewhat flushed when they pulled away. “ Stacias sour Illie. Amin milly  nesh llie.” She spoke those kind elven words to him before he stepped away and introduce the visitors to him, her eyes trailing to each of them in turn.<br/><br/>After he had finished she nodded her head and looked at each of them, still puffing away at her pipe after the fond exchange that bordered on intimate with Dal’Tek. Smoke curls from her nostrils once more and after a moment of silent study between the two she introduces herself. “ I am Kali.” Placing emphasis on the ‘I’ the woman looks between them both and smiles even wider. “ I am pleased to meet you both. I hope your journey was not overlong and I hope you enjoy meeting these people. They are like my family and Dal’Tek closer than even kin. Would you both mind if I came to eat with you?” Ever the polite woman Kali still found it fit to ask the pair. Verita was definitely an odd one but she was pretty and quite obviously enraptured by the Aviari. Dawn on the other hand, Kali knew little of what to make of her but she supposed the woman was just as young as Verita but perhaps had a more experienced look to her eye. “ May I come tell you tales of my latest journey while you regale me with tales of your own? I’d be keen to hear of the fox-man and this warrior.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>