Solitude for Two

[Dead Crows]

Tyre stopped his run. An grin on his face. Kiriana scrambling at the straps. "I can't get down here. I'll trip on the roots." It was beautiful. Light coming through the trees leaves slightly soft dirt with large smooth plates of rock about. Some flowers, fruit trees, and ferns scattered about. Behind some whitepines was a shining river.

[Anyu]

Brett stared around in awe. "This place is amazing..." He murmured, absently stroking Laer's head, before blinking. "Since when were you here?" The blue just chirped in reply.

Jira snorted, wanting to run more. However, she kept still as her master bade her do.

[Dead Crows]

"Childhood. This was my secret hide-out."

Tyre carfully lowered himself to the ground so she could get off and remove the saddle and head strap. "It looks like branches are growing on my drying rack and pole. The bucket needs water. Can you help me? Women don't carry belt knifes." Thinking the Noka took off to get water.

[Anyu]

Brett climbed off of Jira's back, tying her to a random protruding root by some grazing for her. "Relax, girl." He said, patting her neck, before turning. "Help you with what?" He looked up, startled, when Laer came from between, holding the beltknife up with difficulty.

[Dead Crows]

"That." she pointed to the branch and the vines over the post and rack. "Women aren't meant for muscle either."

[Anyu]

"What am I supposed to do?" He asked, taking the belt knife. Laer collapsed on a vegetation-covered rock, resting.

[Dead Crows]

Pulling at the branches and vines that had started to grow over the rack and post she gave up. "I need help with this." she said pointing to it. "It will be more comfortable for Jira to be tied up on. And you can put the saddle up on the rack to give her some releif from it." the Lady explained. "I'm sorry I never told you about Rowort either, I thought you'd know except you're never in the Hold I beleive you told me; so I shouldn't have expected that of you."

[Anyu]

Brett nodded slowly, starting to hack at the branches and vines. "I avoided the Hold most of the time." He stated,

[Dead Crows]

"You can't avoid the Hold anymore you know. You are not Jaxom and Ruth, you are Brett and Jira. And as far as I can remember runners can't go between." Giving him a foolish glare she added, "How do I say, you'll be a little Holdbound now?"

[Anyu]

"I know that! Besides, I have Max and Laer, too, not just Jira." Brett said with a sniff.

[Dead Crows]

"I don't think that Laer or Max could take you between unless somehow Laer grew or Max was half-dragon. Its not just me who enforces these rules, its Murva they need to be able to look to their Lord when in trouble. And know where he is. For who knows how big Rintha Forest is?" honestly she didn't know how big the forest that their main economy came from was. There were many other things too that she just didn't learn yet and somethings that she just couldn't find such as the wereabouts of certain records the previous Lord mentioned in his notes. Women could read woman talk, and man could read the man talk. It was the example of a man talking about cars at a female would be clueless of what they are saying as a man would be clueless of what a woman is talking about when she is going on about shoes. Its like a secret code of speech and decoding guy talk was not something she could do with the ex-Lord's notes. Like what was, 'Cellar, booze rack record. Notes, first build, expansions.' supposed to mean?

[Anyu]

Brett sighed. "Yeah, yeah. Wait..." He looked at her suspiciously. "Does anybody know we're out here?" He asked. If nobody knew... He could rub it in her face!

[Dead Crows]

"They know we've left. Not where though. Why?" she asked with oblivious child type blink. A short lock of curly red hair fell down on her face. And she pulled her hands behind her her slim wasteline. While her emerald eyes watched him with innocent interest.

[Anyu]

"HAH! You lecture me about 'hold people knowing where their Lord (or Lady) is', and they don't even know where we are? You're a hipocrite." Brett stated, folding his arms. A large, smug grin crossed his face.

[Dead Crows]

"We've been there pratically the whole day. And it won't hurt for a few hours or so, you go off all the time." Abrubtly her innocent look changed as she pursed her lips bunching them up with a straight forward look to the Lord. "So what if I'm a bit of a hypocrite? I deserve forgiveness for it. I'm working while I sleep!"