<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/34/600full-marco-hietala.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Who:</strong>Ayshia, Valko, open<br/><strong>Where: </strong>Just outside of the cooking hearth in the shadows<br/><strong>When:</strong>Late afternoon<br/><hr/>Tamen smiled broadly, "Really now?  Well that certainly is a very good trait for a man to have.  Being willing to help around the hearth so that his mate does not have to do all the work.  Valko my friend you are truly going to make a good mate for some lucky woman one day.  A strong handsome sort of man with a true talent for working the flint and one that can cook on top of it all.  Very good, very good indeed."<br/><br/>Turning to listen to his daughter with the true interest he had always listed to all of her words with.  Tamen had always been a believer in true communication between people especially family.  Although since the death of his wife he knew in his heart he had been lacking in some of that true communication with his daughter.  It was a thought that made his heart ache.  But he truly only wished not to burden her with his deep pains of loss when he knew that she too was suffering the same losses as he was.  Gently he took the offered needle between two fingers and looked it over carefully noting the precise skill it had taken to make such a fine piece of workmanship.  Still listening as his daughter continued to speak more towards Valko.<br/><br/>"This is indeed a fine piece of workmanship.  If it does as well with sewing beads on to leather as it has with stringing that beautiful necklace Ayshia has made for you then you my friend shall be the talk of this next summer meeting.  And I think my daughter is right, the necklace truly suits you."  Handing the needle back to Ayshia he placed his hand on her shoulder giving it a loving squeeze before letting go.  He was more proud of her than any words which he could possibly say.  And once again he found himself wishing Reyna could have been there to see their daughter coming into her own and becoming a true woman.  "Don't worry my dear I shall make you a new wolf so that there will not be an empty spot in your special treasure box."