<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/14/Momoa.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Who:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Where: </strong>Central cooking hearth<br/><strong>When:</strong>Late afternoon<br/><hr/><div style="text-align: justify;"> Lars listened to her talk, enjoying the sound of her voice. It was good that she was so much more talkative than he was. He had no idea if she was always this way, or if it was just because of him – though he would certainly not give himself much credit for it, no matter the reason – but he was getting to know her better.  He tied the small pouch with apricot to his belt and walked back to sit with her. He was glad to help, but kitchen work had never really been his thing. Bringing the meat to the camp, sure, butchering was also something he could do but cooking… Not quite.<br/><br/>His eyes followed the wolf and saw the pattern of the game Naliya played with her.  He laughed softly at the pup’s awkward steps, finding it cute.  “Now that I am getting used to having them around, I don’t think I’d leave them to die… But before, well… She would have had to fend for herself. I might have tried to free her, though, same for Juju.” Especially Juju, Lars thought to himself. The weasel had found a very good way to be playfully unpleasant, by climbing onto  his head. Lars didn’t exactly disliked the animal, there was just a small trust issue there.<br/><br/>Lars rose an eyebrow and watched as the puppy brought the bone to him. He was always impressed with how she managed to make herself understood by the animals. It was truly a gift. Perhaps he would learn too, with time. With her interest in her, he considered only logical that he looked into the whole animal interest and gift that she had more deeply. He wasn’t exactly thinking in terms of taking her for a mate just yet, but in his mind the man who would take her as such, would have to accept those who came with her…<br/><br/>Lars picked up the bone and threw it in a corner, giving the puppy a challenge of obstacles to overcome before she got to the well-deserved bones. It was nothing complicated, a detour or two around some cooking equipment. Lars realized that it would be a nice way to spend time out and make the puppy use some of that energy, to play this game outside in the plain once the winter would be over.<br/></div>