Kneeling beside Elanna Trail ration in hand he would smile as the woman seems to take interest in the food stuff he was offering. He assists her into a more comfortable position, supporting her with his free hand as she grasps the wrist of the one holding the ration. "Your hungry aren't you? They may not be the most appetizing of things, but this should help. Just one of these can sustain me for an entire day." He would say to her encouragingly as she leans in to take a bite. Xarces is a bit surprised at the ferocity at which she rips into the ration however, she taking a  much more sizable chunk then he would have considered. His luminous eyes watching in amazement as she simply swallows the large mouthful, they trailing the visible bulge running down the length of her slender neck to disappear within the core of her body.<br/><br/>"Oh my, you are hungry." the bard exclaims with a soft giggle, "Eat as much as you like, I've got plenty where that came from." he continues. Though as the woman quickly consumes ration after ration, Xarces would struggle to keep up with her, taking them straight from his pack to her awaiting lips, just barely keeping pace with the speed at which bite after bite would ripple down her eager throat. (She's really putting these things away....) he thinks to himself while maintaining a smile all the while, speaking softly and encouragingly to the woman as he truly felt bad for her and wished to do all that he could to help.<br/><br/>Though he would hear the conversations going on around him, he could offer little to the topics, his focus completely on Elanna. As the last of the rations would vanish between her lush lips Xarces shrugs his shoulders to her. "That's the last of them, that's all I have." He declaring, looking to the rest of the party momentarily, "If anyone else has any food to offer, feel free to hand it this way. " he would say as Elanna was busy cleaning herself of the mess that she had made in her urgency to consume. He picking up on the Naga's words as he turns his head "Bellicious, you've got some? I think she could use a bit more if you wouldn't mind bringing it this way..."<br/><br/>He hearing her words as he returns his gaze to her "It helped did it? That's good, your looking a lot better already!" he says optimistically as her behavior was an improvement to the fright she had given him, seemingly drawing near to death itself as she had hunched over and held her pained stomach. Now she was acting freely once more, picking the last bit of crumbs from herself, before moving on to begin cleaning them from Xarces' very own hands. He sits calmly, his free hand ready to receive any food stuffs the others may offer, while she worked to clean every last bit of crumb from the one in her grasp. He would enjoy the soft warmth of her lips, the wet clinging heat of her saliva as it serves to remind where her mouth had already tred, slowly cooling within the open air. Xarces nodding to her words "Yes, often the last scraps of a meal are the most appetizing, as you struggle to get every last delicious taste of the dwindling meal."<br/><br/>It was peculiar that she was this hungry sure, though Xarces had not really worried about it, he knew his allies where busy figuring things out, so long as he could keep her occupied, could help to lessen her pain, her hunger, then he was satisfied. Though as she finishes the last of the crumbs and yet continues to grip his wrist tightly he would begin to wonder. Feeling the slick presence of her tongue against his flesh suddenly he would smile to her. At first he thought nothing of it, simply giggling lightly before speaking "I think you got that area already dear..." As he knew this was the case due to the chill he had in the area from her lingering saliva before this second application took hold. Her reaction however would demand his full attention, as she moans, and yet whimpers before him. His eyes meeting hers as he can see the concern within her own. "I'm not entirely sure what's....but we are working on it. Just stay calm, I am here for you, to provide whatever you may need. Your going to be all right" he informs her lightly stroking the side of her cheek with the back of his free hand. (Poor thing....not only was she stolen from, lost her fiance...and now this....) Xarces thinks as his heart sinks, he determined to stay by her side no matter what developed, trusting in his companions to come up with a solution. "Why?..what's wrong? Did the rations not do it?...D...does my hand taste good?" he would ask, cocking his head curiously to the side,  trying to piece together her behavior, wanting to get as much information as he could out of her, while tending to her and keeping her calm for any information she may offer may help those around him come to better conclusions.