<div class="floatleft">(http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/cali_angel717/MairaSnowpaw.jpg)</div><strong>Day 1 - 09:55 Hours</strong><br/>Character name: Ensign Maira Snowpaw<br/>Location: F Deck - Gymnasium<br/>With: Sofie<br/>Doing: Relaxing in the hot tub, maybe working it?<br/>Tagging: Sofie<br/><br/>Hearing Sofie's pronunciation of her native word, Maira wanted to clarify it to be perfect but it seemed to Sofie was starting to get it after a few tries.  With Sofie's last words spoken of their 'secret code', Maira smiled widely while knowing that Sofie pronounced their word perfectly.  She was glad that there was a small connection between now and maybe, that special word between them could help break the ice between them some more.<br/><br/>Maira gasped as it seemed to her that Sofie was almost like a mind-reader.  Oh, how she loved to play racquetball and it seemed that Sofie was making more and more connections with them.  "Maybe they see that there is someone near me that truly understands me and my culture."  She smiled before answering Sofie's question.  'I love to play that game"  She exclaimed, loosening up her arms and really relaxing.  'Mind you, I was the champs of my women's division back home in Alaska so... I can be a challenge.  I would love to have a match or two with you!"  She smiled widely as it seemed that she was starting to really relax, especially after feeling Sofie's foot on her shin.  It seemed that the special touch of Sofie drew her spirits away, though Maira did not know that herself.<br/><br/>Hearing Sofie's words, she did not need to be reminded to relax now but when she heard Sofie's offer, she thought about which direction to go.  To her, it was too early to tell about her life and her violent past so she decided to tall about her home and her people.  "My tribe is a fading one and I want to try to save it from its extinction.  There are only a hundred of us left and I fear that once all of us leave this mortal world, than there would be no more of my tribe's history or no more of my people to pass my native language down to the next generation.  My hope... is that my language and my tribe can survive and the Chugach Allutiq tribe can live on somewhere or with someone in their minds and hearts."  She let out a soft sigh as the spirits stayed away from her.  She knew that once those spirits were gone, she would speak the first thing that came to her mind.<br/><br/>"I know that this is sudden but, you mean so much to me right now... as a very good friend."  She added the last part to make sure that there was nothing else that she was thinking about at the moment as she made her hopeful request.  "Would you be willing to be an honorary member of my tribe?"  She asked, hoping for the best as she kept relaxing in the hot tub while still feeling Sofie's foot on her shin, soothing her even more.