Jaden let Rio lead him around the house as she saw fit. For the most part he was quiet and analyzed the home as it was laid out before him. It seemed the woman and her roommates had gone to great lengths to make the ancient feeling wood, carpet, tile and paint comfortable. Medicine, food and water for easy access, private rooms, it all seemed well thought out. Some things he wasn’t sure why they had been kept. The “couch” was an odd thing indeed. Jaden wasn’t sure why someone would need any type of furniture. You could rest in you bedding area and if you were not resting you would not need to sit. Maybe to do crafting of some sort but the couch didn’t seem to be for that purpose either.
He didn’t question her furniture after putting a great deal of concentration in not tripping up the staircase but instead followed the woman into her room. While the rest of the house smelled of her male companions this room was all Rio. Her smell was heavy enough that he would have known it was where she slept even if she hadn’t said so. He entered the room with the same inquisitive analyzing he’d given the other rooms. He walked near one of the walls and felt the blue surface for texture until her found her bed. These human things were another oddly useless thing he didn’t quite understand. Again, why was this preferable to the furs or the ground? He did see that there was fur on it and quickly recognized it wasn’t just any fur. Rio had a wolf’s pelt on her bed. He reached down and felt the fur gently before glancing up a bit confused at her. Having another wolf’s fur on your bed seemed a bit… morbid. Rio was to nearly every extent the opposite of morbid in the male’s mind. But it was her home and he stayed silent at this too, his confusion turning into a friendly smile.
Before he could offer his final opinion of her home, one of her male friends appeared in the doorway. His smile faded slightly at the sight of the scarred stranger but his features still stayed positive. Itzal introduced himself politely but didn’t seem overly excited by a new face or eager to trust the tall nomad. Understandable. Jaden was intruding in his home after all. I’m Jaden, a friend of Rio’s from up north. You would be the man helping her keep this place together then? He stepped away from the bed and gave Itzal a polite nod in greeting. His blue eyes were friendly enough but behind them was a hint of expectation. Intentional or not, Jaden would judge this male quickly on exactly how he answered the posed question. He glanced to Rio and smiled momentarily, It is a beautiful place. Then his eyes and attention settled back on Itzal.
Jaden does. Jaden speaks. Jaden thinks.
