[html] <style type="text/css">.Leon01 b {color:#FFFFFF;} .Leon01 i {color:#5f5fab;} .Leon01 i2 {color:#9da1ff;}</style>http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46 ... ontab1.png); background-position: top center; background-repeat: no-repeat;"> Today, Leon had left Trigger and Boothe in the capable hands of Light has he took Sophie, Hamza and a wagon somewhat stocked with some things to trade at the festival. Pelts, meat and some things Trig sewed. He was just beginning to learn how to make clothing, so it wasn't the best, but he already showed promise at being a very decent clothing-maker. Leon was certainly proud and definitely encouraged his once-baby brother to continue practicing no matter what. But today wasn't really about that. Today was about him and Sophie spending some time together, alone, without their other siblings or Light around. He needed to do the same for Boothe soon, as well as Trig and Light. For now he focused on his sweet, precious bundle of a tiny baby sister.
The lithe grayscale brute walked alone Hamza's side with a hand stroking and patting the bison's neck, cheek and forehead as encouragement to continue on to the spot he'd chosen for he and Sophie's bonding session today. They weren't in a hugely busy part of the festival, but people were often going by. Later on, after they'd talked some for a while, he'd take the three of them where they could try to trade the goods in the wagon his bison pulled for them. So far, Hamza was so greatly appreciated by the eldest Hughes man; he liked the beast when Swentzle had him, and he adored him as his own companion. He was hugely appreciated, and when Swentzle had passed his wagon of goods and his bison to him before he left the lands to go back home, Leon had a hard time putting to words how grateful he was, and how much the gift as a whole meant to him. He even took a lot to time to spoil Hamza; especially after having the large creature pull the wagon. He was still actively teaching the stubborn creature to pull the damn thing; Swentz had been working on it before he left, and Leon continued the trend. He wasn't so easily spooked now, but Leon always stayed close to make sure nothing startled him. He didn't like being tied to something, and having it drag so close to his hindquarters. Leon tried his best to make it a good experience every time he took Hamza and the wagon out by feeding him his favorite treats and taking an hour or two after the day's haul was done to brush the bison's fur as a reward for doing a good day's work.
Oh, but anyways. Today, Leon had sat Sophie carefully upon Hamza's back, where she was so small... it was nearly impossible for her to fall off simply with the bison walking. He still watched carefully to make sure she didn't slip off, or wasn't doing anything to endanger herself or annoy Hamza. After finding the perfect spot to sit and relax, Leon loosed the wagon from the large herbivore so he could lay down and rest. The hefty brown creature obliged and gratefully flopped to the ground with a large grunt of content once he was settled. Sophie was safe where she was even during this, as Hamza was aware she was there and didn't want to fling her off. "I think he deserves a treat for being so good today, what do you think, Soph-monster?" Leon looked to his precious sister with a smile on his face as he stood by the side of the wagon. He always carried around at least one bag of the bison's favorite things to eat, as well as the brush he liked the most. Despite hay and grass being a staple of the beast's diet, he sure did love munching on it. Leon grabbed and armful of hay mixed with grass and a couple of carrots for his precious hard-working bison. He flopped the hay down in front of him and Hamza gave a very pleased bellow, and became especially excited for the orange carrots he spotted immediately after looking up to Leon to thank him. "Yeah, yeah," the Hughes male cooed as he offered a carrot to Hamza, who greedily, but gently, took it from his master's hand. Leon patted his head in a companionable fashion as he munched, grinning at Sophie.
"So, Sweet Thing, what do y'wanna talk about?" Hamza grunted happily as he loudly crunched the carrot and snorted though his big nose, his tail lashing about in an obviously pleased manner as he lay there being spoiled by Leon with his favorite little girl Hughes safely atop his powerful back. "I thought today would be a good time for just us to hang out. Aside from Hamza, he doesn't count." He chuckled and patted the beast roughly on the forehead, causing him to grunt and buck his head against Leon's hand. He was a happy camper, though. "Anything in particular y'wanna talk about? Or got somethin' y'want me t'teach you?" The next several hours were the perfect chance for Sophie to ask and talk about whatever she wanted, and to have Leon teach her things she was curious about.
Leon speaks Trigger Speaks
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[html] <style type="text/css">.Leon01 b {color:#FFFFFF;} .Leon01 i {color:#5f5fab;} .Leon01 i2 {color:#9da1ff;}</style>http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46 ... ontab1.png); background-position: top center; background-repeat: no-repeat;"> Once Hamza was down and munching on his food, Sophie moved back to sit on his haunches where the beast's body moved less. Hamza finished his first carrot and shoved his large head into Leon's leg to get his attention, but nearly caused him to fall over. "Alright, you brute," he said with a chuckle and gave him the other one he had. Then he patted the bison's head and moved away to kneel down at his side. He kept his hand on the bison the whole time so Hamza knew what was going on and where he was. Once the older brother was settling comfortably on the snow-covered ground, he looked to Sophie, who was telling him about all the things she wanted to learn. One of which was sewing, which would make Trigger insanely happy if she asked him to teach her. "Gotta lot of dreams, eh, Kiddo?" Leon smiled and ruffled her head and leaned on Hamza's side with his arms. "I can help you learn to hunt, too. We could both learn some cool tricks from Light." He gave a nod of his head. Light was an exceptional hunter. He, himself, was not that good of one. He was getting better, but he could never be as good as Light at this point.
"You know, it could take a long time to teach you everything I know." Cause he was super smart and knew so much already, obviously. "Not that I could teach you everything right now, anyways. A lot of things you'll only come to understand when you're older." He leaned onto his arms, peering up at her as she sat on Hamza's back above his head. "What things do you want to learn the most right now? You can only focus on learning one or two things at most." It'd be impossible to really learn anything if she tried to learn all of those things at once. She'd end up going nuts. Perhaps hunting and best thing to work on right now? She wouldn't be able to shift for a few months more maybe, so she wouldn't be able to do anything that required thumbs.
He reached up and gently took one of her tiny paws into his hand and stroked the top of her toes with his thumb, tilting his head to the side as he laid it on his arm. "I can begin teaching you how to hunt and teach you some of the techniques I know. And then when yer able to shift, I can teach you how to use weapons." Which was a lot easier than chasing down prey and taking them down with your teeth. It wasn't quite as fun making things easier, too. Both were very useful skills to have, knowing how to hunt on your own and hunting with weapons. He continued to play with her little foot, finding her itty bitty stature just as cute as it could be. She seemed like she was going to be small forever. Granted, she'd grown some since she came here, but not by much. She should be sprouting up like a weed; Boothe was beginning to, and Trigger was just about done growing at this point.
"Yer gonna be a great hunter," he said somewhat randomly as he looked up at his brown sibling with admiration in his eyes. Leon sure adored her and had a lot of hopes for her. She was going to be a great person when she grew up. That is, if he didn't ruin her before then. Good thing Trigger was around. He didn't want Sophie to turn out like him. She was so sweet now; if she retained that, life would be a lot easier for her. If she became a dick like her oldest brother, life would be a lot harder. He wouldn't let her make the same mistakes he had. His parents had jaded him beyond healing. He was too far gone to fix himself, but Sophie had a lot of time to grow up and he was going to make sure that she, along with Boothe, grew up to be better people than his parents and... he himself.
Leon speaks Trigger Speaks
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