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Traveling hadn't been something that Kaimi had been able to do when he was younger. It was something that sounded interesting but he had far too much work to do if he wanted to achieve the first goal that he'd picked out for himself. Now that such a thing was taken care of he was able to think of other things, do other things, and the first one that came to mind was the idea of travel.

He'd wanted to do so with a friend of his, but it hadn't worked out. That had been during the time of the great rains and they had been forced to give up their attempts when the currents proved to be far too powerful for them to deal with. Which lead him to where he was now, finally able to travel.

Kaimi had hired someone to look after the little house that he'd bought for himself, packed up everything he needed, bought a few new packs, and he was on his way. The plan was to visit the lands of the Hapuna and the Kaha'iko, to dig for jewels for a week or so in each area, and then return home to trade them. Jewels from far away should do well when it came to trading since they would be something new and different. With luck he'd be able to fun plenty more work trips to come.

He was currently exploring the reefs, seeking out something interesting. Crystals, shells, or otherwise, anything that he might be able to use as trade material back home.

The area he was searching was so much brighter then Kaimi was used to. He wondered how it must be to live in a place that was this bright all the time... but he supposed that since they were born into such a bright world that they must be used to it. At least it would make finding things a lot easier since the sun coming down from below lighted up the sand making spotting shells a cinch. A huge bonus given that he couldn't use his power to track shells. He doubted that it would work on coral either since it was a formally living creature instead of a crystal.

Giving a humming sound he swam along at a slow pace, brushing of shells, inspecting them closely, before tucking them away into one of his back packs. Perfect shells went into one little pouch, broken ones in another, as he wanted to keep everything sorted just so. So long as everything was sorted out it meant that he would be able to more easily find what he needed, when he needed it.

He was in the process of sorting shells when he realized that there was someone else, someone much younger, brighter, and obviously from the area, who was also collecting shells. Instantly he found himself debating if he should move on, not wanting to get in the way of a local seeking shells. He didn't want to risk giving the Menehune a bad name after all. Giving the girl a momentary glance he said, "Ahh, good afternoon."

Kaimi found himself picking up a singular shell, inspecting it closely, and going over in his head what he might be able to do with such an item. He knew that it wouldn't be too difficult to just gather shells to trade but he could get more out of the trades when he did something with them. Decorations, accessories, he had to consider what the shells could be used for. The same went for coral. What did he want to make them into, how much should he gather, should he see about trading for things already made by local craftsman? There was so much to think about.

He was pulled from his thoughts as he heard the girl with the bright hair asking him if he needed her to gather shells for him 'quickly' which was something that had him perking up a bit, "Would you? I find myself still adjusting to the differences in our homelands." He saw no reason not to admit to the fault since it would explain part of why he was taking so long to get things gathered.

"I couldn't ask you to do it for free though..." He found himself wondering what he should offer her in return. Perhaps one of the crystal necklaces that he'd made?

Kaimi gave a little nod of his head as the small Hapuna girl told him that she'd 'let him know' when it came to whether or not she needed anything of him. She then moved off to collected shells leaving Kaimi to do the same. He glanced her way from time to time to get a feel for what she was doing but otherwise his focus was on gathering shells himself. He didn't want to appear as though he were slacking off or anything.

He wasn't the sort that went about letting others do the work for him and as such he did his best to try to find some shells of his own. He found a few really nice ones, the one with a sort of spiky design to it had to be his favorite of the one he'd picked up thus far. He could use a few more of this particular sort he found himself thinking. A moment later there were more that were delivered to him, not only the spiky ones but other sorts as well. All thanks to the brightly colored Hapuna girl, something that brought a bright smile to his face, "Wow! These are all amazing!"

He settled down on the sandy ground so that he could go through the various shells, smiling over each of them, "You really have an eye for this sort of thing, don't you? I am most impressed." Were all of the Hapuna this good at gathering shells? Maybe because they lived here and knew where to look for them? Either way he was very impressed by her hard work. After packing up all the shells she'd gathered he turned to glance toward the girl, watching her struggle with her packs.

After a moment he asked, "Do you need aid?" The bags looked as though they might weigh as much as she did given the manner in which she was grunting over them. As a gentleman he'd offer her a hand if she wanted it.