In the Interim

Chimera nodded and left without another word to her. Aliana had learned that Chimera's methods of communication were often nonverbal and she was learning to listen to his body and expressions as much as she did his words. Left on her own again while he went to gather the raw materials, Ali continued to scope out the clearing and rearrange the template she'd set up for the beehive until she was satisfied with its layout. She headed down to the beach while she waited for Chimera to return, scoping out some pieces of driftwood to use as the roofing. She found a piece that was decently sized and relatively flat, perfect for her purposes, and dragged it back to the clearing.

Once she heard heavy paws approaching, she glanced up and regarded Chimera with bright eyes and a smile. The stack of nearly perfectly straight bamboo stalks slung across his back would work perfectly! While Chimera hauled the bamboo to her, Ali watched the way he moved, the powerful muscles rippling and moving just beneath that fine coat of perfect monochromatic hues, almost perfectly bisecting the large brute. He was intimidating and indomitable and intense, it was no wonder why he was the lord of this island. He rolled the stalks off his back with a woody clatter as if they weighed nothing and asked it they would suit her.

"Yes, these are perfect! Thank you, Sir!" She beamed as she looked over the stalks, mentally making measurements of where to cut and notch them. "Now they just need to be cut down and I can start putting the notches in so they stack together and don't topple-" Her words drifted off as she tried to move one of the stalks, realizing just how heavy each one was. She blinked in shock, then turned her aquamarine gaze back to her master while he rolled his shoulders. He had carried all of these all the way back here on his back?! "Are you sure you wouldn't like a massage, Sir?" she asked. "Even just for your shoulders? These... These aren't light." The bamboo cutting could wait if Chimera wanted to have a break and soak in some gratitude from the dainty little fae for lugging all of these back home for her.

"Aliana"