In the Interim

No matter how practiced the woman may have been, she couldn't hide her surprise as he thanked her. For some reason that Chimera couldn't explain, he liked seeing the surprise on her face. The way that her aquamarine eyes lit up and her mouth hung agape... it pleased him. Yes, he loved to see her cower in fear before him, but he found that he also enjoyed this as well.

Chimera was well aware that his shifting moods often sent others reeling. He didn't know where his moods would go himself. It was as though he wasn't in control of himself. He went along with whatever emotion happened to be picked out of the hat. Today, with a turn of the winds direction, Chimera was now feeling thankful and surprisingly tender.

As Aliana informed him of what she needed to finish her gift for Siren, the two-toned brute nodded. He then peeled away and left the island completely. He knew where he could find relatively straight saplings that could be cut and stacked however the woman wished. Chimera was gone for perhaps and hour. Maybe two. When he returned over the bridge, it was with a large stack of long, equal length green trees tied and attached to his back. Hattori probably wouldn't be happy that his bamboo trees had been cut down, but fuck him.

Balancing the trees upon his broad back was no easy feat, but he managed to make it back to the clearing where Aliana had begun to work. He sent the trees clattering to the ground and rolled his mighty shoulders. "Will these work?" Mismatched ears flicked forward as he questioned the woman.

"Chimera"