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Kiyelt had skidded down the mountain much faster then he had trudged up his side, his descent was made more complicated by the rose colored sailscale he had saved flying swiftly alongside him and periodically wrapping her wings around him in a lizardy embrace. He assumed this was some mix of affection and gratitude from the lovestruck female. He liked it when he wasn't in peril of falling flat on his face. He would have stayed on the mountain but he didn't fancy eating the scrawny rodent types that dwelt there so he came back to the lowlands to find food.

Kiyelt hit the tree line almost going face first into the first tree he saw because Iniu chose that moment to swoop down and wrap herself around him yet again. He let out an indignant squawk and caught himself just before he ate bark. "Hey, do you hear that?" He asked. It sounded like he wasn't the only one squawking. He looked up and saw what he supposed was a kinfa, since it fit the descriptions that his parents had given him, he had never seen one for himself.
"What is that doing here?"

Iniu chirped inquisitively but oddly didn't take off. She stayed glued to him, whether he was supposed to be protecting her or her him he was not sure, the other option was that she didn't see the featherball as a threat. "Wonder where it came from?" He asked no one in particular, "They arn't native are they?" He tried to remember where they were from but couldn't dig it up. So he rested with his palm on the tree and waited.

Iniu eyed the bird then eyed Kiyelt. Finally decided she hissed at the thing that wanted Kiyelt's attention. He was hers.. all hers!

Kiyelt raised an eyebrow, "Someone's a little jealous I see. Cute Kinfa!" he called the the Alkidike who had come to scold her pet. She was his first Alkidike and it seemed she had trained the Kinfa to be nice and friendly...too bad Iniu didn't see it that way.

"I would feed him but I think Iniu would n** me for my insolence." he laughed, anyone who treated their familiars well was alright in his books. He stroked Iniu trying to calm her down, she had never acted this way before, usually having a sweet cuddly personality.

"My name is Kiyelt." He added belatedly, he was never that great at introductions.

'She is rather clingy," he said petting her, "But I think it was me that she didn't want to share. I saved her from a mud puddle that would have killed her if I had left her. She was stand offish then until I communicated somehow that I was there to help. Since I got her out, she doesn't let me very far out of her sight."

"A pleasure to meet you Vollerei," she was his first Alkidike and he was astounded at their height and general presence. Iniu trilled a greeting at the Alkidike but squinted at the kinfa.

Well we have some truly excellent fish there that is deliscious any way you can get it, they are pretty big so help when catching them is recommended. Vendors sell it salted which is good for long journey's. Some days there are hardy greens in which the new shoots are delectable."

"Um, well my mother is more of the cook, I can do camp foods but haven't had much inscentive to learn about the other stuff yet. We may have a spice or two that would be novel for you, the plants have to be pretty hardy up there." He tilted his head. "There is probably a lot more variety in the jungle."

"My mom did make cookies before I left, they are the best I have ever found in Zena, here." Kiyelt offered the alkidike one of his mom's sinfully delicious cookies. He couldn't make them yet, but he and his Mom were lucky if any of the dough even made it to the oven to bake. His Dad was a notorious disturber of the peace and that included stealing cookie dough when he sensed it. And his cookie-dar was accurate for a kilometer or too Kiyelt figured, so making cookies while he was in the house was an art not a privelage.

"Really?", he leaned up against a convinient tree. "Anything really delicious? I should keep an eye out when I travel, and would welcome the chance at some divine food myself. What are your favorites out of Jahaur?"

He thought a moment more, "Well we do have this spicey onion stew which is really good up North, hearty, just the thing for a cold day. You should definitely try some. Mom would be the best to get it from, she had an alkidike friend once, was terribly fond of her so she is much more open minded then some of the others."

This lady looked like she could handle herself but no one really deserved the snide treatment and she was nice enough, he wanted to spare her the whole mess if he could.

"That sounds wonderful," he said, happily imagining the hot bug dish. Then he did a double take. "You like eating the same creature as your pet? Must be a good Maglardilla then.

"Mom likes feeding new people, she gets kind of bored when Dad is not around to pester her. I'm sure she would be delighted to share recipes with you and she likes it when people enjoy their food. She says there is no point in munching on a few leaves all day, and then she says they wonder why they have no energy and are grumpy all the time."

"You know I've heard there is a special kind of tree bark that you scrape off and add to baked goods to make a wonderful flavor, maybe mom knows where to find it, you should definitely ask her."