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"Get out of here, you limp d-!" A strand of profanity so strong it could make even the heartiest sailor cry slipped out of Ujana's mouth as she threw great hulking handfuls of sand at a pissed off Kinfa. The soft terrain filtered through her fingers, and what little bits managed to be flung at the beast were quickly knocked away by it's feathers.

Wiser souls would have known not to engage a fully grown, wild Kinfa; especially while said beast was poised to attack

But Ujana was unique in her stupidity.

"M-Miss, maybe we can just go back inside and it will go away on it's own-"

"No. Way." She snarled.

Ujana stood her ground outside the little inn. This was earthling territory, and there weren't any kinfa nests for miles. There was absolutely no reason for this stupid, puffed up thing to be here in the first place, let alone to be mad at her. Just because she tried to jump on it's back when it wasn't looking-

And now the inn keeper was trying to calm her down with little success. Several patrons were piling in the doorway and windows, trying to catch a peep at what would go down in gossip for at least a week, if not more.

"Perhaps you would at least like your hammer-?"

"It ain't got a weapon, so I don't need one."

"Yes, but miss, it has talons and a beak-"

"And I've got my fists!"

The older man simply shut his mouth and scrunched up his eyebrows, evidently trying as hard as he could to think of a solution and turning up empty. While she had her head turned, looking at him, the Kinfa took it's chance to pick at her with it's beak.

All it succeeded in doing was yanking on her braid and pulling her forward, down into the sand.

"Oh that's it-!"
The leafling popped up onto her feet and gangrushed the Kinfa.

It had been hard to say no to her daughter when she wanted to go to Sauti. However, they had found a middle ground that Subira had been alright with. So now here she was in Tale trying to find a Kinfa. Of course she hadn't wanted to just go trudging about in the wild to accidentally stumble on a nest and put her child in danger so they were trying to find a town that was close that had them flying over head.

They were walking into a small town when her long pointed ears heard Subira tell her to look. So Ariya's attention went to where the little one was pointing and she saw the large bird first. What really caught her attention, though, was the female that was fighting with it. "Uja--" Then the bird pulled the leafling to the ground and her daughter stopped dead with a scream. Ariya had to react quickly to her little one's halt so that she didn't run her over. "Matlal." The chubby alkidike called her familiar forward to keep Subira safe as she stepped around her daughter to stare on at what Ujana was doing. A brow lifted when she noticed that the woman didn't have her hammer in her hand. Had she lost it?

Bending down she peeked under the snaptrotter to watch what happened. Subira was worried about the bird! If it got hurt then it wouldn't grow anymore feathers! She needed feathers! She wanted to take some back to Jerami. They weren't firebird feathers but they were still pretty. When the woman hit the poor bird and it flew away Subira frowned. Well that wasn't what she had planned.

Standing back up she crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. "Mommy she's mean! The bird went away!" There was a small huff from her and then she moved over to hug onto Ariya's leg as she usually did.

"Mommy?"

Ujana nearly choked on her own spit. Ariya was...a mother? She scrunched her brows, opened her mouth and floundered for a moment. It hadn't occured to her that Ariya was even old enough to be a mother, let alone to have a daughter that was old enough to be walking around and talking and...

Ariya was a mother?!

"Whhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt?"

Had she had the little one when they were intimate in the woods or was it after, or-?

She reached up to wipe at the blood on her chin, nearly forgetting about it in the revelation. "Yeah, well, you got a little something there," she motioned to the little one.

Ariya felt a bit of warmth in her cheeks before she nodded and gave a laugh. A sound that got louder when she heard her little one proclaim that she was not just a something but a certain kind of something. She looked down at Subira and grinned at her before giving her attention back to Ujana. In the space of silence that was allotted by her daughter she spoke up. "Yes, I have a daughter. Ujana, this is Subira." Then she heard her little girl ask what the woman was.

The chubby Alk looked at her child and smiled. "Remember I said they are Leaf earthlings. They are different from Shifters honey." Ariya watched as Subira seemed to remember and smiled. "This is Ujana. She's a ... close friend of mine." Ariya wasn't quite sure if Ujana would like being called a lover or not so she stuck to something safe. Besides, she had yet to explain what a lover was to her daughter.

As the woman confirmed that she was an Alk it made the little one beam. Subira liked that she was acknowledged in such a way. Then her mother introduced her to the woman and she found out that the earthling was a friend. So that sealed it! Ujana was a friend!

The fluffy haired little girl moved from her mother's legs to rush the earthling and cling to hers instead. "But I like what I see! Pretty long hair!" While still holding on to Ujana's legs she reached back as best she could to try and touch the long locks. "I want my hair to be this long!" Subira was excited about it. She reached up to puff her already fluffy dreads and giggled as she looked up at the woman. She was missing her two front teeth so the grin that she gave was made that much more adorable.

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Ujana's bright, vermilion eyes widened when Subira clung to her. She looked from the little one, up to Ariya, and then back to Subira once more. There was something so precious in that trusting act; as if she had lost any fears or reservations just like that, claiming Ujana to be someone she could count on.

She moved her hand down and patted the little one's fluffy dreads, mussing them with her fingers affectionately. "If you let let them grow them I'm sure your dreads will get this long one day." It's not as if Ujana had actively sought about growing her hair; it just...happened. And now if anyone tried to cut it she sock them in the gut.

"A secret? There's no secret-" Ujana furrowed her brows, not nearly bright enough to catch on. At least, not until it was nearly too late. "-OH. Oh, but there is, and I wasn't going to tell you, but now I suppose I must, since you're my new friend and all, Subira." She crouched down, momentarily moving the little one away from her leg so she could pull her own hair over her shoulder. "To make your hair grow you have to do three things every day. First, you have to take really good care of it; if it gets snaggly you have to cut off a little bit of it, so the rest can grow healthy, okay? Second, you have to...uh...you have to listen to your mother. Your hair can sense if you're a bad girl and it won't grow if you are. Third....okay, maybe there were just two steps, but follow those, okay?"

From her crouched position she snorted, and looked up at Ariya, "No, I'm not here to fight Kinfa. I'm here for business, but I suppose I could track down a few more Kinfa, if someone really wants those feathers."

Ujana's reaction made Ariya laugh. "She only bites the trotter, Ujana, don't worry" The Alkidike was amused.

As her "friend" bent down and told her daughter the secret to having long hair she leaned on her spear. Ariya couldn't help but stare at Ujana. She was the only earthling to catch her eye and she was certainly the only person she had been intimate with. Her leafling was a breath of fresh air.

"Business eh? Who needs hit with the hammer?" She joked. Ariya looked at Subira when the mention of hunting down more Kinfa was mentioned. "I think Subira would like that. She is set on giving her friend some pretty feathers."