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Vallen gently prodded his face, it was just after the battle and he was ready to do..something he just wasn't sure what. He hadn't been ready for the crazy battle and couldn't believe his poor parents had been through more then one of those. His face burned but it looked like everyone he cared about was alright except for a few bumps some more serious than others but nothing life threatening. He walked over to Isaris and sat beside him. "You know it occurs to me that life is too short." He leaned over and kissed the older boy hard on the mouth. "I feel better." He grinned at the ground.

It was hard to express how much he wanted Isaris, there was just something there that he wanted to explore until the ends of his days.

"It occurs to me Isaris that I never got an answer from you, of course I can give you time to think on my offer if you wish. I wouldn't want to hurt you by pushing to hard and I know I am rather prone to such rash actions." Isaris looked down and away but not in shame.

He was sure he would survive rejection, but well he might just destroy half a town before he got over it. Maybe..maybe more. "Would you uh, would you like to go somewhere? I heard there was a rogue something out in the forest. No one is quite sure what it is and with Vep around I'm hesitant to let her go too far with me not knowing what this creature really is. It could be a big nondwa for all I know or it could be something more sinister. But I would be um well delighted to have your company.'

Truth be told Vallen was grateful for that bow, it was always good to have something long range with the accuracy of a bow. It was a comforting presence, he had grown up around bows, his mama had a few. But he had never really connected with them. In this case he preferred to connect with the archer himself. It was also better to hunt unknown creatures in a group, and his siblings were..well who knew where they were.

This trip was a good time to get to know Isaris more on a closer level, get some exercise with just a hint of danger, which of course was the most effective exercise.

Now those last words..don't leave me until then, they were what was really important about this conversation, Vallen felt his heart thump and his scalp tingle. Oh he wouldn't be going far for the next little while that was for sure. But it was only fair to give ones target a choice in the matter. Vallen wasn't that insensitive...for the most part.

"I've heard its been seen in the south. I'll be sure to bring Unduru with us. For added backup, especially if its a wild radaku we are dealing with." Really his father had given him the perfect gift in the dark creature.

"Ah so you navigate like Dad does, he has all these secret rare moss hidy holes, I like plants, but I suck pretty bad at healing so I just grow them in pots instead." It was his only quiet time; pruning, watering, planting and such. Hunting in the jungle for more adoptable foliage. "Sometimes the wild one adapt well, sometimes they have a fit and all but cough at me as they wither away into nothing."

He didn't do it very often but it was still a part of him and his Dad. His sister considered plants green and that was that. She had skipped the whole green thumb thing.

"I think being that I haven't been down there we should go to your herb path, so at least something is familiar."

Vallen nodded and sent Unduru out to scout with a wave of his arm before diving into the bushes himself. He found a few small tracks and some scat but nothing of monster proportions. It was a sound that gave him a clue as to the wherabouts of the creature. He hissed with a drawn in breath and chirped so Unduru would come to him. He popped his head out of the foliage and pointed in the direction of the sound. Then slowly stalked his way over with his pet by his side.

Unduru went around and Vallen slunk to the edge of a small thicket. It was in there whatever it was, he waited for Isaris to catch up. He felt very exposed but he trusted Isaris to have his back.

Unduru and Vallen skidded to halts on either side of Isaris. "Really? Whyever would it be here? That is so exciting! A wild janarim Unduru but a small one, I bet its cute." Well cuter then a full grown Unduru for sure. "Which direction did it go? Maybe Unu can pick up a scent." He waved Unduru to the ground and hoped the baby had left a scent. "I promise to try not to scare it Isaris." He would have to keep a firm hold on his radaku, verbally to achieve that control.

Well this was a hugely fun thing, and much less terrifying then it could have been. "Wait..what if Mama is here? How big was the baby?"

"It was shifter colored? Now that is cool. Heartless but cool. I think we should find it, you need a companion after all and what better pet for a shifter then a shifter colored janarim?" He laid a hand on Unduru who had trotted over to him and had started to growl and point with his noise. "I think he has the scent, are you ready for this Isaris?"

A baby of any species was a big responsibility, "It might be a lot of work, but I don't want to leave any baby out here with all the radaku around here, it would probably not survive.'

"Of course," Vallen confirmed heartily before dashing off, sending Unduru around the other side to help close the gaps around the little fart. "You sure this was a janarim and not a xaraan?" he whispered as he got closer, flushing the thing out and having it run toward his radaku which startled the little beast to head toward Isaris instead. Now if only Isaris could catch him before he slipped and the janarim bolted out another hole. This was not going to be easy they would be better off trying to bait the little turd with food.