<div class="floatleft">(http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad342/krystal_dragoness13/Naliya2.jpg)</div><strong>Who:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Where:</strong>Central cooking hearth<br/><strong>When:</strong>Late afternoon<br/><hr/><br/>Runa happily bounded after the bone when he threw it. She managed to make it through his little obstacle course sniffling for the bone once she did. She found it hiding behind a bowl and grabbed it, giving it a good shaking for hiding from her. The pup started bounding back but wasn't as successful making it back through the obstacles. In her excitement she knocked a couple of them over before running back to the man. She dropped the bone at his feet again and jumped back and forth happily, wanting him to throw it again.<br/><br/>Naliya chuckled at Runa's clumsy attempt at the obstacles and said, "She still needs to learn how to control that excited little wiggle of hers." She was done skewering the meat so she set it aside for the moment and tossed the vegetables into the hot water. Then she walked over to straighten up Runa's mess. As she did she said softly, "I know it's strange. I simply can't think of them as just animals. I see they have families and friends and mates. I see how similar we are. I can look at or listen to them and know how they are feeling. I know how to take care of them... so I do. It isn't so different from taking care of a child." She walked back over and knelt by the fire as she started cooking the meat. She let it brown a bit on both sides then put it closer to the fire to sear it nicely and lock the juices in. The sticks were long enough for her to hold onto and not burn her hands. It didn't take very long to cook but there were several and she could only do one at a time so it would still take some time. Luckily they only became better the more they sat.<br/><br/>The woman turned and smiled softly at him, "So now you know when you are out hunting if you come across an animal that needs help you can either bring it to me or lead me to it." She was really liking him more and more. He seemed to really be trying to understand her. She turned her attention back to the meat and blushed slightly as she added softly, "Maybe we can even go out on the plains and in the woods together sometimes..." If anyone else heard her offering that they would be shocked. She always went out alone unless someone, usually Valko, absolutely insisted on going with her. She never asked anyone to come with her. Even when she gathered the clay from the river for her pottery she just took Tikka with her to carry it back.