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Teiluj skirted playfully in and out of the branches of the forest. She had been given permission to go and play as long as Pacju remained by her side. She had reluctantly agreed, knowing full well that Pacju preferred her mothers presence of her own. Which made it easier to slip out of the watchful eyes of the radaku.

Her bird followed up in the trees, more desperate to get to the sunlight above. Looking back towards the direction she had last seen Pacju Teiluj smiled. Maybe one day, her mothers pet would have babies of it's own and she could claim one of those for herself. Oh how she wanted a Radaku like her mother. The perfect companion in her mind. That wasn't to say she didn't like the bird her mother had given her. Just that she liked the idea of something large enough that could be her friend and her friend alone.

She was starting to become selfish that way. After home tree had been burnt to the ground Maya was now spending most of the day either traveling in search of a new tree or carving in one hoping to create another to her liking.

Giggling as Starline settled on her shoulder and nuzzled behind her ear. "Cut that out, woah" Flicking her hand to dislodge the stubborn bird, and failing. Teiluj stumbled over a root. Rolling into the a clearing the youngling paused with shock. She wasn't easily detoured from her desire to roam but this time there was a strange shifter man sitting on something unnatural beneith him.

Well it wasn't to say it wasn't natural as in part of the earth. But she was sure she hadn't seen that there before with another ontop of it. It didn't help her situation she hadn't been exactly quiet either. Her face flushed with embarrassment. Her mother would be scolding her right now.

Teiluj started up with big eyes as she watched the shifter work magic on the earth. She had heard of others being able to do that. Maya had told her many stories regarding the other races. Something about needing to know how to tell them apart and if they would be friend or foe. That and she was told to distrust everyone, especially those of pure blood, they were likely to want to kill her instead of help.

That however didn't seem to be the case with the shifter in front of her. Picking herself stubbornly off the ground, Teiluj shivered and pursed her lips. If she so much as screamed maybe she would be close enough for her mother to hear. Rustling in the trees drew Teiluj's attention before she turned back towards the other one.

She had not met a shifter before, unless she counted part of herself. She'd certainly met herself. Did that count? Probably not.

Taking a step defensively back Teiluj began to speak. "You're not going to hurt me?"

The youngling watched the shifter for a moment. Unsure just how to react. Feeling a slight moist pressure in her hand Teiluj jumped slightly. "Pacju! You scared me! Don't scare me. It's bad." The youngling attempted to scold the Radaku as Pacju moved to sit on her haunches.

Giving a soft whine as if to appease the girl Pacju continued to watch Takoda. It had been a while but the beast never forgot the scent of Maya's 'friends' so the youngling was more than safe here for now anyway. Yawning she shifted away from the clearing, to a more secluded place in the shrubs to settle down for a calmer nap.

Teiluj's stood there further dumbfounded as she watched Takoda work his magic some more. Having been told there was a youngling her age hadn't even reached her mind in the amazement of what she was seeing. A soft 'woah' escaped her lips as she moved tentatively towards the smaller pile. Glancing back frequently at Pacju just to make sure it was ok. The creature was a Radaku after all and had been known to attack strangers. Was she sick?

The thought was abandoned as quickly as it had appeared in the younglings mind. She was far more interested in the moving earth. She wanted to touch it, to see if it was alive. "Was that magic? You have magic?"

The younglings eyes grew wide with wonder as she poked the mound. Waiting a moment to see if it would collapse before she clambered up to sit on the top. Giggling with excitement as she looked back up at Takoda with a large grin. Nodding fervently to his question.

"Mama can't use magic, just a bow. She tells me all these stories of casters she knows. Like this one shifter who's afraid of bugs and how she had to save him." Her hands moved in a fluid motion as if she were reciting a bed time story. "Or this other one leaf guy who she met during her travels. OH! And then there was this other one. Who she says seemed like me... but wasn't like me. She says I'll understand what that means one day."

She paused to check to see if the shifter with her was listening to her. "She says there are many places besides the trees. She said if I wanted to leave in search of somewhere else to live we could go. But I don't want to travel outside the trees. It makes Mama sad when she nears the edge."

Poking nervously at the mound of earth she was sitting on, Teiluj glanced back towards the pale Radaku. Pacju didn't seem to have moved much, and she knew if her mother were to call the Radaku back, or start searching for her. Then Pacju would react very quickly, perhaps her mother was more distracted then she had ever been before.