Sharindia accepted the hand up and smiled.<span style="color: #003366">"local wildlife is kept at bay by my defenses, there are small children here that need protecting."</span>she smiled to Kitori and lead them outside onto the plains.<span style="color: #003366">"this, is Mulgore, the local predators are medium sized cats and the only real prey animals are the Tallstriders, a kind of flightless bird with long legs and necks."</span><br/><br/>Rachel shook her head with a frown.<span style="color: #0000ff">"i was a bit rusty but i didn't have a lot of choices living alone in the jungle because Karrie kept leaving me by myself."</span>she smirked and shook her head.<span style="color: #0000ff">"no, i am the possessive one... she talked about having a man in her life and i forbade it."</span>she smirked at him as the heat built and the oil suddenly burst into flames as she shook the pan carefully to keep things moving.<span style="color: #0000ff">"a strange animal i encountered on the beach, it was roundish, had flippers and was ridiculously fat but i got down to the meat and it's quite rich and tender."</span>she covered the pan to douse the flames and then served up their steaks, well seared on the outside but still very rare.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>