<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.45em;">Aura, just coming out of the tent she and Rijka shared for the night.</span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.35em;">Seeing the rising of the twin suns, Aura smiled.  Something inside her stirred with the new day.  The air was fresh smelling, it reminded her of earth's cucumbers. The crispness was exciting and made her hungry and ready to meet today's adventures.   She had grown very fond of cucumbers during her short stay on that beautiful planet.  Had she a choice, she would have made earth her home; unfortunately, that had not been allowed.  Now she was here on Novus.  While she was afraid, she was not cowwed by what faced them all.  Hard work was something she was used to, she had been working since age three after all.   If the morning was any indication, the weather promises to be a nicer day.  The storm appeared to have broken the lock that the humidity had on their new home.  Aura certainly hoped so.  She intended to ask Rijka as soon as the Weatherwise awoke.  Aura smiled to herself at the thought of the Weatherwise.  Now there was a beautiful and funny creature.  Aura barely contained herself from laughing on many of the comments the cheeky prognosticator made.<br/>She had enjoyed their night together socializing in the tent as well.  <br/>Noticing that Zay had started packing up camp, she rose and stretched her short but lithe body, starting her morning stretching and yoga routine.  It was important to her to keep her mind, body and spirit in sync.  No one knew how far they would go this day, and she didn't want to over exert an already overstressed body beyond its limits when there was little know about fresh water supplies or food sources.  <br/>Finishing, she ambled over to where Lena and the Sheriff spoke quietly breaking the soft of the morning quiet.  <br/>The only other sound was the gentle lapping of the waves against the shore, and the moons had been full last night.  It was good that the camp had been fairly far from the shore, or the combined wind and high tides would have caused them concern.  <br/>All sorts of bird call filled the air as well.  Loud raucous, ha hoots, over shadowed the gentler twits  and coos of other avian life forms.  Aura sent her feelers out to see if she could sense any thoughts.  A few scattered thoughts of hunger, good, thirst, desire, fear came to her, but were too jumbled for her to get any actual one presence from them.  <br/>Breaking free of her mind search, Aura turned her full attention to Zay and Lena.  "Good Morning and well slept, new friends."  She smiled and gave a short bow to each as was her people's custom.  She made a quick meal from the cold left overs from the night before, and some crackers she had in her pouch.  She washed it all down with fresh water.  She reached into her pockets and removed the two ration bars she had brought with her.  One bar being a full day's ration for one adult.  She offered both to Zay.  "Sheriff, I would like that you would divide one bar between Lena,  and Rijka and me; with Lena getting half, and Rijka and I getting half and have the other bar for yourself.  What we have can break our morning fast, but I would worry that we may need to move quickly, and not having the time to stop for hunting or gathering, would have a quick food source.  I ask that Lena has half as she has not had much time to find the plants she needs to keep her food source divergent.  The creature you killed was a lean, source of both proteins, vitamans and minerals.  It was also a bulker and filler.   Not to mention the wonderful additions that Lena provided.  Rijka and I had the best of both."  She grinned.   "The division is fair and adequate."  <br/> Please, Zay let me know when you are ready to have us "move out," I believe is the term?  She cocked her head at him, and clasping her hands behind her back, went to check on the woman Zay had informed her was named Reign.<br/></span><br/><br/>