Do we dare?

He sat next to her and she relaxed as much as she could. He told her she wasn't a burden and she gave him a small smile. It was nice that he didn't think her a burden though she was convinced that she was. She couldn't fight, didn't want to fight. she just wanted to do like she always had with Faite. She just wanted to patrol borders and be carefree still. She couldn't though. Ariet had taken that from her, now she was always on edge and no one wanted her near a border.

When he snarled and spoke harshly her ears pinned back and she eyed him. She was trying to determine if it was something she did or said. But then he relaxed. That was confusing. Then he asked if she missed Faite too. The fact that it was rhetorical was lost on her. Her head stiffly nodded to answer him. She missed Faite everyday, though Rory was a good leader too. In fact she was still sure it was love she felt for Rory.

When he spoke again she listened and waited. He wanted to learn her tongue and she couldn't help but smile at that. She had always been an outsider because no one took the time to learn her language so it might give her something more to do. Maybe she could teach everyone eventually. But how did you teach someone? She looked up and smiled before giving him his first word in french. "That ciel." She looked back at him and smiled. "Torin call sky, Jewell call ciel." then she looked back down to the gras around them. "Herbe." She used her paw to touch the grass and indicate that this was its name. Torin call family, jewell call famille." She moved on with ease. Hopefully he got the jist.