<blockquote><div><cite>Ureck wrote:</cite>"Of course Miss Sherani! What do you have on your mind?"</div></blockquote><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Miss Sherani.</span>In spite (or maybe because) of its sheer innocence, Sherani can't help but wince a little at Ureck's cheerful response. Talking to the collie is like holding a storytime for her littlest cousins back home: her audience is eager, unassuming, practically radiating admiration and trust. The thought of abusing that trust is physically painful, enough to give her second thoughts about her proposal. If only he weren't so, so... dammit, there isn't even a word!<br/><br/>But he isn't, really, she reminds herself. As naive as he may look and sound, Ureck's no stranger to life- hell, he's probably had a rougher time of even her, and without the love of  family and clan to help him keep pushing forward. All this eager-pup behavior is more like an exiled lone wolf, tagging along with a new pack in hopes of being let in.<br/><br/>In that light, it'd almost be an insult<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>to depend on him, wouldn't it? After all, it's what packmates do...<br/><br/>Flashing a grin at Ureck, Sherani throw an arm over the collie's should and begins guiding him out of earshot of her other companions. "Hey, it's just 'Sherani,' okay? No need for all that formal stuff, right? I mean, I'm not callin' you<span style="font-style: italic">Mister</span>Ureck." The shifter gives a chuckle, and waits for Ureck to do the same before continuing. "So, it's like this: I've got this competition going with the Alpha's daughter, Aideen... we're both s'posed to bag with as many guys as many guys as we can, outside our clan, and whoever's got the most gets to lord it over the other one when we get together. I told her before I left for Espen that I was gonna really go wild in town, and smash her score up, but, well... what with that whole 'famine' thing goin' on, and gettin' arrested, and almost kidnapped, I kinda sorta<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;">haven't gotten any in a month</span>... oh man, she's never gonna let me live it down..."<br/><br/>Sherani pauses, glancing around furtively before continuing. "Anyway, that's where you come in. See, we get big bonus points if we can bang a guy hard enough that he comes looking for us again. The way I figure, it if she sees you tagging along and finds out you're from Espen, she'll think I gave you the best sex EVER, and get so jealous she won't even ask about the other ones."<br/><br/>"So whaddya say?" she asks. " Wanna be my main squeeze for the Hevex? We don't even hafta do it for real, if you don't wanna- just tell everybody that we met in a bar brawl, and we've been shacking up every night after that. I mean, that's the truth, right?"