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It was the middle of the day so the inn was fairly quiet, as it always was before the evening crowd showed up. Li was outside with one of his two best friends, Uli, the two of them waiting for the third member of their group to show up. She was out today, though where Li wasn't really sure, and when she came back he'd invite her to join the two of them. Turning to look toward Uli he gave his friend a smile, "Weather is nice today, do you want to walk down by the river?" He asked of Uli in a curious manner. Now that they were older they were allowed to wander farther without a guide like what they had needed when they were younglings, something that Li rather enjoyed. While he loved Gyuri and Makani he was glad to be able to stretch his legs a bit by walking around on his own.

Hopping up to his feet he walked down the stairs, off the deck before the inn, and stretched out all over, "I have some training to do before the evening crowd shows up but we have at least a bit of time to wander around at least." He said, tossing his braid over his shoulder before he started forward, motioning for Uli to follow along after him. A walk along the river would be nice as there was always a nice, especially since they could sit alongside it and soak their feet if they wanted to. Were it not for the fact that he was wearing a nice outfit, and a bit of jewelry, he might even be tempted to go for a swim. Maybe next time though.

Riya lifted her hand to look at it once again and sighed. She'd really done a number on it and would need to have it looked at. With a small shake of her head she began to chew on her thumbnail. That meant that her broken hand, with it's bruised and bloody knuckles, was practically on display.

Since she didn't think that her mother was going to be outside she didn't bother trying to be sneaky and hide it. Though when she heard her brother and Li she gave a groan. Ah well, maybe Li could tell her where she could find Makani. So Riya rounded the corner by the barn to head in front of the Inn. "Hey guys." She kept her tone casual. Last thing she wanted to was to hint at the pain she felt. "What're you doing?"

There was a noticeable pause in the smaller male before his eyes flashed a dangerous gold. "Riya." it was a simple calm tone. One that was quickly becoming a rather startling trait in the youth. He'd get a tone that usually led to him getting a tad mean. He walked up to his sister, pulling out a small scarf he wrapped her hand in it. His eyes were cold and hard as he looked into hers.

"If Mom sees that. She'll go on the warpath." He glanced back to Li. The hardness still in those golden depths. "Is Uncle Makani around somewhere?" he would hold off on an adventure to search for something to help his sister. The youth blinked. "Wait...we need to wash that in the river."

He started to lead his sister by her injured hand towards the nearby river. His mind going through the lessons his Mother set up for him with a aging healer. In one lesson he learned of a herb that grew by the river here. It was useful for cleaning a open wound. "There's a herb that can help clean that so Uncle Makani has a easier time with it..."

Li looked over at Hulis for a moment, then gave a thoughtful glance toward the inn, then around, "From what I heard he was going out on a walk so he's not at the inn presently. We can always tend to her hand best we can then have her go see him the moment he gets back... you know, before your mother spots her." He offered, hoping that his uncle got back sooner then later so that they would be able to fix Riya up before Miss Eirlys saw her and possibly grounded her for getting hurt.

He took a half step forward, ready to follow after the pair to the river when Riya was suddenly calling Uli by the name 'Hulis' which meant that she wasn't pleased. A moment later it was explained to him why, the fact that her hand wasn't just scraped up but instead it was broken."

As she proclaimed that Uli wasn't blind he couldn't help but to laugh, "Am I only one that finds it funny that the one that actually is blind is the one that we want to show up to help?" Yeah, it was probably just him. Giving a smile he said, "Let's go sit by the river, maybe nobody will notice that she's hurt at a distance and we can wait for Uncle Makani together."

With her hand dropped she brought it to her chest and cradled it. The pain was shooting up her wrist and making things even more uncomfortable. If she didn't know any better she'd say that Uli had made it worse. Before her brother could start asking her questions she looked over at her best friend. "Heh, yea. I'd really like him to show up.." And then her brother was on the tail end of her words.

Rock climbing. Riya frowned and looked away from her twin. "Yeah, sure. Climbing." Lying to her sibling wasn't something she liked to do. Though she had climbed up to the sitting rock. So that counted, right? Although, her hand had been injured in a different way. As Polaris huffed she eyed him a little. "I'll be alright boy." No need for the beast to start freaking out too.

With a deep breath she looked toward Li once again. "Which way did Makani go? I can go find him." Riya had a feeling if she stayed with both of them then she'd end up fighting with her brother even more.

Uli wrapped his arms around himself as he watched his sister. He knew she was mad, he was upset and she was mad. This was not a good combination. He looked down at the ground the up to Li as the other ruffled his hair. He let out a long breath then turned on his heel. He started walking away from the other two calling back over his shoulder. "I'll go on ahead. Maybe that herb I spoke about will be around the pool."

He started to quicken his pace, as his vision got blurry he took off. He didn't want to anger his sister further than by showing he was affected. He was frustrated, upset and confused. Crying was only his natural reaction. He was highly emotional, even his Mother said so on many occasions. Polaris raced after his master, the beast making sure that the fragile little earthling he was given charge of wasn't going to bleed on him today.

Li glanced over at Uli as the boy mentioned finding the herb, seeming as though he meant to find them somewhere around the pool near the river. Li wasn't really sure if that was where the herbs grew, it might not be, but then again maybe Uli just needed a moment to breath? He seemed as though he were ready to panic over what had happened to his sister. Poor kiddo he thought to himself before looking over at the grumpy Riya.

"Yes, you walked all the way here. Adrenaline is a heck of a thing, but what happens if it runs out and you fall over? You'd be all alone and the various critters might decide to chew on you." He said, giving Riya a little tsk, "Come on, we should catch up with Uli. You can soak your hand and we can see about mopping up his tears."

As motioned to her, "Come on." He said, ready to lead the way toward where Uli was retreating before one of his ears gave a slight twitch at her comment, giving a grin, "Well, we ice boys are far better then wind boys... though that might be biased of me to say."

Sure, he could easily come up with an excuse as to why she was able to walk around with her hand in such condition. Riya huffed slightly but she was in too much pain to actually retaliate.

"Awe, Li.. you couldn't handle me." There was a playful wink that came from her but she was walking with her best friend toward the river's edge. She wanted to make sure her brother didn't slip and fall in. Even if everything in her screamed for her to go find Makani she ignored it all. Hulis was more important than her hand at the moment.