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It took a lot of urging to get him to come out. Jiro had been going through some pretty.. worrysome moodswings lately and even Sah was at a loss of the cause. But today, he had gotten him out (though it resorted to him luring him out with sushi >>) and they had gone to the park. Jiro hissed at the thought of going to the shop, so they opted out on that one. Sah would have come, but he was busy washing Jiro's kimono. Somehow he had spilled black ink all over it and well.. Akiya's mate was fit to be tired. "It's a nice park, don't you think?"

Looking around with a bored eye, he gave a shrug. "It's better than the store." That place had gotten rather boring for him, since that was the only place outside of home he had ever gone to. So this was a nice change of pace. He wasn't about to admit that though. As he was about to look up at his Shouhin and ask for more sushi, which he knew the man was hiding, his eyes caught sight of another father and son pairing. But the smell that reached him.. the child was like he was. "Shouhin..."

Jiro was yanking on the end of his robes to get his attention so he knelt down to see what was up. When the boy pointed out the other two in the park, he looked thoughtful. "Oh... you know them?" Jiro just shook his head and Akiya nearly smacked himself. Of course not, Jiro didn't have that many friends...

Getting Jiro to put his pointer finger down and telling him it was rude to do that, though the boy already knew that, he watched the two come over their way. "Seems we were spotted." But it wasn't big a deal.. though a bad way to get attention >>.

"Would appear so..." Jiro was watching how the two interacted, smirking when he saw the boy push his father's hand off his head. For some reason that was just amusing. He himself didn't like so many familiar touches, only accepting it all the time for Sah cause.. well Sah was his 'mother'. To deny him his right would make him cry. And that simply was unheard of. "He's like I am."

"Oh?" As the two drew closer, he noticed the boy's horns and nodded. "So it would seem... but this is a good chance for you.. to learn better people skills." The boy only snorted and tilted his head to study him. When they got close enough, they both bowed in greeting. "Afternoon..." ((We'll make it afternoon is that's okay. >>))

It was always nice to meet new people. Or so the angel always believed. But with a wayward child as Jiro.. well it made it a bit difficult cause he was way too stubborn for his own good. Sah always let him do it too >> he really needed to do something about it. "Sorry about Jiro pointing at your boy. Normally, he's not so rude... please forgive him. He's an evil imp. My name's Akiya.. he's Jiro, as I've said. You are?" He also believed in being straight forward...

Jiro's brow shifted higher as the boy spoke, for a second not understanding what he said. Aye? What was that? Wait.. oh-kay so he had some kind of accent. Like he did. Interesting. "Konnichiwa..." A faint sound left him a second later as Akiya gave him a nudge. He knew what it meant and he frowned at his parent and dusted a sleeve. "Good afternoon..." There had been no point behind him pointing at the other Tale but as long as it caught his interest, he was more than fine by it. His bi colored eyes looked him up at down curiously. He liked his look.

Though Jiro was a stickler for rules of polite conduct... well typically anyway, he didn't smile either. He wasn't that kind of polite. Smiling hurt his cheekbones anway and apparently, Armel thought the same. What to think of him though.. he rather liked his attitude, maybe cause he acted like he did. Not sure exactly what to say to him just yet, he took out a chopstick and spun it thoughtlessly between his fingertips. Should he offer to play a game or something? But he didn't really get games nor did he play them often so he didn't know. He wasn't the bright and bubbly type, after all.

"It's a pleasure to meet you both! Neh, Jiro?"

"Huh? Oh.. sure." What was he supposed to say to that? XP

"I'm glad. This is the first time he's been here so he's a bit.. on edge. So your little one is a Tale, right? How was your first experience with the Study?" He was rather curious about other parents reactions to the study and since there was no rule saying he couldn't speak of it, he decided it couldn't hurt.

His eyes were thoughtful as he listened, nodding gently. "Mine was a bit like that.. but there was also insane laughter around me as well. Call me crazy, but I found the eperience to be rather interesting. Makes me curious about how the Study works.. and why it works the way it does. It's not like figuring it out would harm us, right?" He looked down and touched the back of Jiro's bun. "It's possible the Study shows us a little bit of what our little one might become.. but I think it all depends on how we raise them.. partly anyway heh."

"Do? I like to train with swords... or learn how to carve things." He was a bit hesitant about saying what he did cause some of the other kids from where he lived said that though what he did was fun, he should do other things and not be an old man. He didn't consider what he did boring or old nor did he think of himself as an old man. He just didn't think that making issues were fun.. at the moment. "What about you?"

When Armel said he couldn't carve yet, he made a face and scoffed. "As long as I'm watched, my parents are fine with what I do." He folded his arms over his chest, not liking the sound of being kept from something interesting. "I live in a place where I get to see people make weapons and such everyday. It's an amazing thing to watch.. especially swords..." Looking thoughtful, like he just remembered something and he yanked harder on Akiya's robes. "You still have it..." It looked like Akiya didn't want to hand it over, but he did anyway, passing a minature blade into the boy's hand. A blade that was unbuckled from an unseen sheath at the angel's back. Like he'd let Jiro walk around with it so openly yet. The blade was made of black oynx mixed with some other metal and its hilt was simple leather thickly wrapped. Something easy for his little fingers. "A friend of mine made this for me. He said when I improve, and get older, he'll make a bigger version for me." He extended it towards him, inviting him to hold it if he wanted to. This was something he never did to someone he just met. "I like to read as well.. though I can't read english or write it that well yet.. it's rather frustrating... stones? Gemstones are rather lovely, yes... I wish I could collect them, but Shouhin says that I'm doing too many hobbies as is.. but it's not fair. I like trying everything."

"Heh to be honest, Jiro usually doesn't talk this much around new people. Well, not so freely. Usually, he puts a lot of pauses in it... I'm glad they both seem to be getting along, neh?" he was rather startled to see him extend his mini blade to Armel. He never, ever did something like that. But he remembered that he didn't like to show the other weapons he always had on his person...

"I like a wide variety of foods, to tell the truth. But my favorite food? I suppose it would be... sushi... all kinds of sushi. And nachos.. but not mixed together, of course." Jiro was strictly an eater of asian foods, but he tried other foods due to his brothers telling him he should try new things and not stay to one thing. "What's yours? Do you have a favorite book?"

"Yeah.. I'm honored that it was made for me, to be honest." As he reached to take the blade, Armel could see the healed over scars all over the boy's wrists. He trained hard and often, having worked from the wooden to the real thing. But he wasn't perfect and he messed up often. "Maybe one day, if your Da allows it, you can come with me to the place I got to watch the crafts get made... it happens every other Sunday... if you want. I'm glad you like it..."


"Jiro's met a few. Some more directly than others.. he's not overly social though and he'd rather stay home a lot of the time. I'm sure Armel will find someone he gets along with well. Would be nice if these two became friends. They have similar interests." Akiya was more than amused at the moment at how they interacted, taking back the sword and putting it away again. "I used to be afraid for Jiro.. I didn't want him to use any sharp objects, especially not so early in his life. I made him work up from the bottom before I felt he was good enough for a real blade... but he had a relapse and he's back to the wooden sword right now." Jiro frowned as he stroked his hair for a bit... and then snatched the chopstick out of his hands. "It's hard to believe, but he's the most dangerous with these things.. but I allow him to try what he wants.. I trust him enough and I look after him carefully..."

"Sushi is rather good. And so is ramen, if it has some things added to it. I don't like plain ramen. Have you ever tried shabu-shabu? It's rather interesting.. and kinda fun. Least my brothers seem to think so." He liked meat, but he hunted for his own meat with Khia.. whenever the older Tale was around. A book of fairy tales? He probably hadn't read it yet. "My favorite is a book that talks about the Sun, Moon and Star beings... I don't think it's in English though... but I really like the stories in them... for some reason, it calms me." Was he talking too much? It felt weird to speak so much to him like this, but it was okay.. for some reason.