<div class="floatleft">(http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu52/cali_angel717/MairaSnowpaw.jpg)</div><strong>Day 1 - 09:53 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/>Maira listened to all of what Sofie was saying as Sofie's voice seemed to be uncomfortable to her.  At first, Maira let out a small cringe but later on, she was starting to realize what Sofie was saying.   The almost minute's worth of silence made Maira thing that Sofie The words that the woman across the hot tub from her that were spoken seemed to be very thoughtful and caring.  Maira never thought about anyone else around her who might hear her spirits because, there was not anyone else around her most of the time to begin with that she could talk to in a social way.  Sofie's last words seemed to be like a parent protecting their child.  Her thoughts of that were of the beatings that her father gave to her, and that made Maira cower down into the tub for just a little bit.<br/><br/>She started to perk up though when Sofie seemed to be interested in her culture and her language.  No one outside of her native Alaska ever tok the time to want to learn about her culture or her language... or about her for that matter.  Finally straightening herself up against the edge of the tub, she let out a soft smile as all of the spirits seemed to be taking a break and totally relaxing in the tub.  She did not hear any voices in her head now as she listened to Sofie's remark about her spirits.  "I really think so too.  I just wish that I could help in some way, instead of being by myself all of the time."  She remarked as she then let out a thoughtful look back towards Sofie.<br/><br/>Finally feeling like there was something to break the ice between them, Maira let out a wide smile and for the first time in a long while, she didn't have her spirits talking to her and giving her advice about what to say.  Instantly, she let out her translation as she was starting to feel happy for the first time in a long while.  "In my dialect of the Allutiq language, be careful is<em>ulurialuni</em>."  She was about to make an offer to help Sofie learn about her language but she listened to the Amazon woman's advise and added one more thing.   "I shall be careful with other people when my spirits are around.  Right now, I am glad that they are relaxing now so... I am not hearing them speak to me."<br/><br/>Feeling very much relaxed, she was feeling very happy for the first time in a very long while.  maybe there could be a time when she could finally get to know someone without her spirits interrupting her.  She just wished that her spirits would sleep for a while around people... though she knew that would be very hard to do as soon as she would be getting out of the hot tub.