Working together

Avacyn took the waterskin she was offered thankfully to take a drink and sat for a moment longer before she got back to her paws as well to finish their work. She could have sat there for a lot longer than that, but she appreciated Albion’s dedication to finishing their task and in the end it would be better to just get it over with so that they could get to the more enjoyable portion of their day than putting it off longer. As Albion took the first bundle of thatch over to the stump she had been using as a stool, Avacyn got up as well and got a pot of pine resin adhesive she had made and dipped a stick in it till there was a good sized blob of it on the end, passing the stick up to him to use to adhere the thatch over the first layer she had put down some time ago.

They went like that for a while with Albion laying down the thatch on the slanted roof and her passing him bundles of the material and more adhesive as he needed it. It took a while, but in the end the roof looked far more ready for whatever rain or snow would come through the rest of the autumn and winter seasons. She imagined they would need to patch it again for the spring, but for now it was in good shape. She probably could have done this herself, but it would have taken her all day where now she had so much more time left in the day to spend with Albion and she was very happy about that.

With a pleased grin and her tail wagging happily, she took a couple of steps back to look at their handy work. “It looks great!” she said, turning her ebony gaze up to his, giving him a bright smile. “Thank you for your help,” she added as she tipped her muzzle up to press a kiss to his cheek. Looking to the supplies she had brought with them, she started pulling out a fur to lay on along with a simple meal. “I think we’ve more than earned some lunch, don’t you?”

"Avacyn Mendacium"