Nika jerked his head around at the sound of voices. A loud, warning bark-like chuff had Luth’ol turning as well. Following his gaze, she noted three figures on a rise. Too talk to be Undines, her mind briefly flashed to the possibility of them being Fea, except Fea tended to stick to the Viel and not venture in the Wastes. She frowned thoughtfully and shifted to move for a better angle to see the strangers. Noting the various garb and that they were female, she deduced they were from some bandit group that tended to roam the Wastes in search of prey. Usually smart enough though not to mess with the Aishnak Vhiasse, she wondered at the women. That was another thing, the women were rarely allowed far from the main camp, for fear they’d escape.<br/><br/>Another sound had both woman and lion turning again. Undine were coming out of the rock work, and both suddenly made tracks from the area. Their haste brought them up on the dune with the three bandit women and they watched as the Undine proceeded to put out the burning rock. Luth’ol gave a small sigh of relief that there was a way to put it out, and that there were Undine close enough to do so.  That was, until two broke away from the others and headed their way. Luth’ol gave a growl that strangely sounded like a lion’s version of a curse. Nika promptly moved to hide behind her, peek out to watch the approaching Undine, looking for the entire world like a child peeking from his mother’s skirts at the scary boogie man.  A few growling and chuffing sounds at him, and all he did was reply back in mewls. Luth’ol rolled her eyes and squared her shoulders as the Undine finally came to a stop before her.<br/><br/>“Do not make any threatening moves towards them. Unless you wish to be dinner.” This directed at the women standing there as one Undine started to chitter at her in its language. She seemed to listen carefully, and then gave a nod of understanding. The Undine looked at her expectantly, and she quickly produced the thing that started the fire. Taking it from her, the two studied it closely, always careful not to fully grasp the item. Finally it was handed back to her, and a string of more chatter came forth as she tucked it away. The speech suddenly stopping, the Undines eyed her once more then finally both turned and moved back to their brethren, who by then had put the fire out. Luth’ol watched them leave a thoughtful look on her face.<br/>