Relina turned her chair a bit so she could face him better. She was done peeling the orange with her delicate fingers. She pulled it apart and ate one slice as she just looked at him. She wasn't used to being around people. She had been born in a small village near the valley. Her mother had insisted on keeping her even though everyone else had wanted to be rid of the strange child. They had ended up driving her and her mother out of the village when Relina was 3 so they had gone to the valley. Her mother had died when the girl was 10 and she had been alone since. She had tried going back to the village a couple of times but hadn't been well received.<br/><br/>Relina reached up and brushed some of her hair out of her face then looked out the window where Arik was looking. It was nice to see the sunshine coming through the clouds. She wanted to talk with him but really didn't know what to say. She wasn't good at conversation really. So she just ate her lunch absently. The orange was gone quicker than she had thought it would be so she started munching on the sliced meats, enjoying them. She noticed the orange seeds she had absently picked out of the orange and smiled. She had an idea but she had to have a bit more energy. Finally she spoke and said, "My mother couldn't speak either that's how I know what you're saying with your hands. We were thrown out of the village I was born in when I was 3 but I remember. They threw rocks at us that hurt. She took me to the valley where I had been living. She could have just abandoned me or let them kill me like they wanted to but she stuck with me. She really loved me despite the fact that I'm different. She died a few winters later. There was just nothing I could do to help her bad cough." Her ears went back in sadness and she sighed, "I buried her there and I used to visit her but I can't anymore." She looked back at him and smiled a little, "I want to give you another present."<br/><br/>Relina picked up one of the orange seeds and held it between her index finger and her thumb then closed her eyes. The seed began to glow softly then a little sprout came from it. It grew rapidly into a stalk and then a seedling with leaves and branches sprouting all over. The roots grew out below her fingers. She shifted her hand so she was gently grasping it. It grew until it was about a foot tall then stopped growing taller but the branches increased, as did the leaves. Buds appeared and then clusters of little white flowers bloomed all over it, filling the room with the sweet, intoxicating scent of orange blooms. She smiled and held the mini orange tree out to him, "Here, you can plant it in a pot to put in your room. If you just water it a little every day it will give you wonderful oranges. It won't grow any bigger than this."