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Rayolun was out in the jungles around a small settlement watching the mechanics of the villagers. It always amazed him how people could live so squished together and so nosily. Give him the open space and quiet sounds of the any day! Snorting bemusedly at the villagers and their way of life, Ray turned and silently ran along the thick branch till it ran out and hopped from tree to vine to another tree. Moving fast and quietly to avoid disturbing the jungle.

As he was moving, he spotted what looked to be a shifter female passing along the ground below him. She looked a little upset to his eyes, though he wasn't an expert on people so it could be he was wrong.

He dropped down to a branch nearer her. Should he try to talk? She was rather pretty and it had been sometime since he'd met someone....

Rayouln was going to revel himself when he heard the girl's words. He grinned, and the urge to tease her was just too much to resit! So he stayed hidden and began to follow her. He almost laughed out loud when he saw her keep looking around for him. So she knew he was here, just not where? This was entertaining, but how would she react to him suddenly appearing?

He quickly and quietly began to outpace her until he ended up in front of her. He waited until she looked behind her before stepping out into the open with a small grin on his face. Crouched in the flickering shadows he waited to see her reaction once her eyes returned to in front of her,

Rayolun, now that he'd had a good look at this girl, realized she was yet another Alkidke and Shifter mix. Guess my Uncle was wrong when he said that Alkidikes and Shifters didn't get along too well.. if there's mixes then there's not as much bad feelings.
He grinned at her expression and exclamations. "Following you?" He looked around innocently, "I seem to be in front so how could I follow you?" He asked with eyes wide in false innocence.

"Oh I doubt you'd have fallen. Those who live in the trees and move as confidently as you do wouldn't fall." He winked at her, of course, if she'd fallen, he would have felt more guilty about startling her, but since she hadn't? No harm done!

So she had a sense of humor, that was nice! He chuckled and walked over to her, "I'm Rayolun, and yes I was following you, though only for a bit."

He held out his hand to shake, "I was just passing by and saw you looked a little down. To me that is, but I'm not the best at judging others emotions..." Well, that sounds weird, he thought to himself. But what else should I say? Really need to talk to more people... I just can't carry a conversation...

Rayolun was interested at the comment, following her father? Why would she do that? Did she want to be taught how to hunt by her father and he'd said no? Or something else? Rayolun didn't know what, the only thing he'd learned from his Uncle was how to live in the jungle alone, to hunt, to sneak about unseen. He didn't know what else a father would teach you. Well, if she wanted to follow someone, Ray knew how to track and could help!

He gave her a smile, "I know quite a bit about hunting. Perhaps I could help you track your father down?"

Rayolun was feeling several feelings: exhilarated, ye! She wants to talk with me. Anxious.. I have to talk.. what do I talk about?! And... happy, that he could be of help to a pretty lady like her. Though how was he supposed to tell her about shifters? He barely knew any shifters other than his uncle and the few other hunters he ran into! He ran his hand threw his hair and sighed.

"Umm, well... I actually don't know too much myself. I've lived most my life alone or with my uncle. I can tell you some of the ancient tales of our people he's told me.. if you want?" Is that what she wanted to know?
Or was it something else? He certainly wanted to be of use and keep talking with her, but what if he couldn't answer her questions?

"Ah, guess your father doesn't talk about his people? Hmm, villagers can be so strange...." Ray shook his head, weirdness. Even his taciturn uncle took the time to tell him the history and legends of the Shifters!
He thought for a minute and decided to tell his favorite one, the Sun-holders story, how fire came to the Shifters. He sat down on a branch and looked out over the jungle.
"Well, here's my favorite. It's how we came to have fire. We shifters have always lived in the canopy of the jungle. Our nights were rarely dark and terrifying, but in the villages they began to miss the light of the sun. They wished they could have both moon and sun, silver and gold, black and white.
But they could not.
Even back then, they warred with the Alkidike women, who called the beasts of the jungle to hassle them.
One night, the trees were lit by a great, glowing figure: a great lizard of orange and crystalline light, that flew about on wings of red crystal. It charged into a shifters camp and or people fought valiantly to fend it off, losing many but eventually defeating it. In it's wrath, the creature roared and became an incarnation of it's fiery determination and primal fury. It burst into flame and became a brilliant, pulsing crystal of light and heat, setting the trees on fire. A young, clever prentice took the crystal heart and held it to her chest. Suddenly she knew that it was a piece of the sun itself, it's fire, it's light, it's love and its fury. She brought it with her down beneath the canopy to the dark jungle floor when she wished to explore, and its light banished the hungry darkness. One day, however, a mischievous Radaku stole it from her and she wept for she was fond of the item and it had helped her so much.
But it had whispered its secrets into her mind when she had held it, and she realized she knew how to bring the sun into the night of Jahuar. She returned to her village with this knowledge and was then known as Sun-holder, the teacher of fire. " He let the story end and smiled at Lasarra. Would she like it?



ooc: I changed it a bit, not much though XD.