01-20-2010, 02:48 PM
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Word Count: 815 - SoSuWriMo She entered and latched the door. He did not see it, but he heard it, and once she entered the room he was already sitting down at the table. The little narrow path from the door to this big room was too small for more than one person anyway. She sat, and he smiled gently at her; he would always welcome a tribesmembers into his home. They were his family, his children, in a way. He looked at Desiree, and he was glad that she was female. Some did not see the use of them except for breeding, but to Dawali the female gender symbolized something sacred in itself. They were mothers, they represented everything his faith was built upon: the family. The very symbols of fertility, life and warmth, females would never be looked upon as anything less than a blessing and a true resource in AniWaya. Males could spread their seed everywhere, certainly, but the female went through — often suffered through — pregnancies in order to provide their race with a future. Mothers would always recieve the utmost respect from Dawali Amara. The two spoke freely for a moment, for this and that, and Dawali gaze sometimes lingered on the face of his friend, sometimes glanced to look at the child that sat atop the table. She was quite precious, but then again he was always and forever weak for puppies (especially female ones) at that age. Asha and Aiyanna had quickly learned how to prod his soft heart into the direction they wanted it to go, and this was something he could not quite let go of even now. He knew that this one was not his daughter, just as the others were not, but they seemed to trust him so easily, and he often felt as if he was a father to them all. What could a poor old male do when they stared at him with such trusting eyes? Like brave little Cambria — Dawali simply could not understand why everyone were not as easily moved by the innocence, the intensity of children. The little winter miracle that sat atop the table, too, was fiercely alive, and he envied them that. Hanna's face was altered, and he quickly understood that here came what she had come to speak with him for. He sat in silence and listened, and it seemed to him that perhaps she was a little worried that he would be upset. But for a male who valued family above all else it was hard to say no to her mission. And Dahlia de Mai was not far. He nodded as she explained her thoughts, and when she finished he waited a moment, both to see if there was anything else she thought to say, and also to find out what he wanted to say himself. Of course, she would be allowed to go, and naturally she could take her horse with her, but the herbs.. he did not remember how much the had. Then again, he wasn't counting on encountering a war anytime soon, and seeing as no one got sick ever they probably would not need all that he had stored away. Finally nodding, he smiled politely. "Of course you can go, Hanna. And Galilehi is your own — I am not in a position to ask you to leave her behind." Some horses, when too accustomed to having only one owner, could refuse to be handled by anyone else. They were potentially dangerous, and he would not want to have her around. She could grow restless, too. Either way it was not good. "I think we have enough herbs stored, so you can take some of it with you. But make sure you don't leave too little left, especially of the rarer ones." You never knew when you needed them. Always be prepared. He thought for a moment. This Haku... she knew him, or did she know of him? She spoke of these names as if she knew all of them closely. Haku was Noir's father, Tayui had told him so in confidence once. He knew better than to seek him out and such, of course, but he could not help but be curious. Perhaps he would ask Hanna when she returned, but certainly not now. He would have to think up an excuse to ask for it as well. For now, he would return to small-talk. "So who are your relatives in Dahlia, then?" He spoke gently, simply inquiring for the sake of conversation. It could also tell him something about the bloodlines of this place. They were scattered everywhere — not like in AniWaya when you stuck with your family whether you liked them or not. It was always interesting to hear when someone explained how their relatives were spread across four different packs, and had numerous last names as well. He would probably never understand it. |