18.Jan.13, 01:32 PM
Ellaira was almost finished setting up lunch when Jada arrived. It was Warbler who gave her the head's-up, shrieking an off-tune noise moments before Jada's own fire-lizards started vocalizing. The blue grabbed another tunnelsnake by the head and began devouring it in an equally snakelike manner as before, the hatchling creature writhing momentarily in the fire-lizard's throat before dying. Ellaira gave the blue an askance look before turning to greet her friend, a very real and happy smile lighting up her plain features.
"Jada! You came!" her delight was obvious, and she set down the pair of cups she was moving hastily and stepped forward to hug the other woman. Embraces weren't exactly her forte, but with Jada, it just felt natural to be exuberant. The young goldrider was a wellspring of joy, and in her company, Ellaira felt ebullient and free, as if she could shed some of the shackles which constrained her life at Katila. When she stepped back, she put her hands on her hips and surveyed the fair accompanying Jada.
"I'm doing quite well - but my goodness! You seem to have a collected quite a retinue!" She grinned and glanced over to where Klah was approaching a rather territorial Warbler. The blue made a muffled growling noise, the tail of his tunnelsnake hanging out of his mouth. "I suppose that explains why I got dire mutterings and--" Ellaira turned and whipped a napkin off of a wide bowl set to the side with a flourish-- "This!" Within were all sorts of things for the average fire-lizard: scraps of meat not fit for humans, both burned and raw, dead insects, and rolled balls of fish meal.
"Why don't you sit down, and we can have some lunch?" She added, pulling a chair out for Jada and walking around the table to her own. "I'm sure you've been quite busy, and I'm famished!"
"Jada! You came!" her delight was obvious, and she set down the pair of cups she was moving hastily and stepped forward to hug the other woman. Embraces weren't exactly her forte, but with Jada, it just felt natural to be exuberant. The young goldrider was a wellspring of joy, and in her company, Ellaira felt ebullient and free, as if she could shed some of the shackles which constrained her life at Katila. When she stepped back, she put her hands on her hips and surveyed the fair accompanying Jada.
"I'm doing quite well - but my goodness! You seem to have a collected quite a retinue!" She grinned and glanced over to where Klah was approaching a rather territorial Warbler. The blue made a muffled growling noise, the tail of his tunnelsnake hanging out of his mouth. "I suppose that explains why I got dire mutterings and--" Ellaira turned and whipped a napkin off of a wide bowl set to the side with a flourish-- "This!" Within were all sorts of things for the average fire-lizard: scraps of meat not fit for humans, both burned and raw, dead insects, and rolled balls of fish meal.
"Why don't you sit down, and we can have some lunch?" She added, pulling a chair out for Jada and walking around the table to her own. "I'm sure you've been quite busy, and I'm famished!"