Yin
Junior Member
Kaolin observed the newly awakened dwarf with a keen interest. Her nose flare slightly-- no wounds indeed. The scent of blood was no where to be found on his person, nor was the sourness of infection wafting around him. Luck? Or perhaps it was a trait of their species, her eyes flicked to his companion for a millisecond. Though wounded, Coluim had not seemed very bereft from his rather rough tumble. And in water no less. A shiver went down her spine before she forced her attention back to the short male. He was a man of trade alright, after a curt bit of 'small-talk' he had launched into a sales-pitch about their wares. It was amusing to her, if only fleetingly, to witness how different ones' values could be from anothers. He valued material-- money, perhaps, though she could not say for sure without further observation-- while she held value only to survival, skills, and ties. The concept was strange to her, not extremely as she had seen what greed did to people in the cities many a times, but it differed from her own enough to be noteworthy. She could respect that, values were values and as long as the person holding them dear saw them in such light no one had a right to tell them otherwise.
A giggle sounded behind her and she found her eyes trailing over to the first of the dwarves, where he was wringing water from his beard. Stranger and stranger. She blew out a silent breath from between chapped lips. These men of trade could help them, that was the important thing. The one she'd pledged a promise to needed passage through the mountains and here was perfect opportunity. Something tickled the back of her mind but she brushed it off.
Though threats, the advantage they brought to the table-- not going into a terrain unknown to her blind-- far out weighed the prospect of betrayal, did it not?
The familiar shape of the weapon at her back jumped into her awareness sharply. If they made themselves a danger to her sister or her charges she would eliminate them, simple as that.
Decision solidified, she rose smoothly to her feet, shifting away from the dwarves instinctively to show she was not presenting herself as an adversary. "We have no interest in material wares, though food might be an interest if the mountains prove to be more of a labyrinth than expected." she spoke finally. She moved her eyes towards to the mountain. "But, if you have no objections, we would take you up on your offer of journeying together for a while. We could use your knowledge of the caverns and I'd prefer not discover each dead end for myself."
Keyin peeked out from behind her. "But wouldn't all of their wares be soaked anyways?" she asked curiously, her young eyes darting between the two males. Her tail lifted slightly from beneath the cloak in interest before she hastily forced it down. A blush stole across her cheeks. It was a good thing she was behind Kaolin, if the dwarves had seen it her sibling would've surely cuffed her a good one.
A giggle sounded behind her and she found her eyes trailing over to the first of the dwarves, where he was wringing water from his beard. Stranger and stranger. She blew out a silent breath from between chapped lips. These men of trade could help them, that was the important thing. The one she'd pledged a promise to needed passage through the mountains and here was perfect opportunity. Something tickled the back of her mind but she brushed it off.
Though threats, the advantage they brought to the table-- not going into a terrain unknown to her blind-- far out weighed the prospect of betrayal, did it not?
The familiar shape of the weapon at her back jumped into her awareness sharply. If they made themselves a danger to her sister or her charges she would eliminate them, simple as that.
Decision solidified, she rose smoothly to her feet, shifting away from the dwarves instinctively to show she was not presenting herself as an adversary. "We have no interest in material wares, though food might be an interest if the mountains prove to be more of a labyrinth than expected." she spoke finally. She moved her eyes towards to the mountain. "But, if you have no objections, we would take you up on your offer of journeying together for a while. We could use your knowledge of the caverns and I'd prefer not discover each dead end for myself."
Keyin peeked out from behind her. "But wouldn't all of their wares be soaked anyways?" she asked curiously, her young eyes darting between the two males. Her tail lifted slightly from beneath the cloak in interest before she hastily forced it down. A blush stole across her cheeks. It was a good thing she was behind Kaolin, if the dwarves had seen it her sibling would've surely cuffed her a good one.