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It wasn't often that Yazeed left his younger brother and sister behind. Even when he trained he usually had one eye on his baby sister for her safety, and the other on his brother to make sure he wasn't up to no good. The life of the eldest child weighed heavy some days, but Yazeed took to it easily enough.

Today, however, he'd purposefully left the two of them alone together to see how things went. He would likely come back to a disaster, but it would be a good lesson for the pair. With the family behind him, the great hulking mass of a teenager slung a pack over his shoulder and moved further into the jungle.

In truth he hadn't intended on finding anyone in these parts. He'd purposefully gone that way to avoid others so he could relax on his own for a bit, but seeing another hybrid wasn't an upsetting sight. If anything it was a curious one; especially since the other was so obviously male.

"Hey there, friend," Yazeed said with a slow smile. He may have been massive, but his speech held an easy cadence. "Just passing through so no worries. Didn't want to startle you."

Yazeed gave a lazy smile. "Well, if you're offering it feels rude to say no." Besides, it wasn't as if he had any pressing matters to attend to. "Is there anything I can do to help out?"

He lowered the satchel over his shoulder onto the ground and took in the scene before him. Just kind what kind of work was he doing out here on his own? "Don't see much of them? My family travels so much that I can't say the same. I think it's always kind of refreshing to get back to Chibale and see full blooded Aishans."

There was his mother, of course, and the Aishans they met along the road though it was never really the same. "My name's Yazeed. Is there something I can call you?"

"Well, in that case I have a younger brother as well; you might see him passing through here too." Yazeed's smile softened just thinking of him. Cat could be a brat, but his adventurous spirit was a thing of wonder. Like a storm tearing through the world. "Smaller than me, lighter skinned too with hair like a riverbed. If you see him he's likely up to some kind of trouble so you've been warned." He laughed.

For a moment he was just content observing the area around them while the other hybrid worked that Yazeed didn't realize he'd been spoken to again. When he did he gave an 'o' and nodded. "It is nice being able to go through doorways without hitting my head. And I'm Yazeed. What kind of work do you do?"

"An...elementalist...?" Yazeed hadn't heard the term before, even in his travels across Tendaji with the family. Was it something specific to Jauhar or something he'd learned from Belreans...?

"Oooh. Well now, isn't that lovely." His eyes widened for a moment in shock before settling into amused appreciation. "That's really impressive. A talent like that could be helpful to a great many healer or even a down on their luck farmer." The hybrid could only imagine how helpful that would be in areas where plant growth was scarce.

"Have you always been able to do that?"

Moving about the space, Yazeed found one stone that would make for a perfect seat and used his muscular frame to his advantage by pulling it closer. As he listened to the other hybrid's explanation he started to look for a second.

"I think there's a certain expectation that comes with anyone who has Aishan blood to be a warrior like their mother." When he found another stone he smiled and went over to start pulling. This one was lodged a little firmer into the ground, so Yazeed bent to help dig it out of the earth a little.

"I think, in that way, it makes what you do all the more magical. You're encouraging life and bringing it up instead of finding ways to tear it down. Weapons can be used for defense, same as magic for offense, but I think finding that shred of yourself in all of this so early in life will do you well."

"Ehh, it's nothing. It's harder to look at things to do with yourself than it is others." He shrugged. Little things went unnoticed by the person doing them, but in front of others, especially strangers, they were as bright as the glowing fungi of Jauhar.

Yazeed took the soup with a hearty thanks, and held it for a moment to let it cool. "Have you ever traveled out of Jauhar before?" The hulking hybrid blew a light breeze over his spoon and popped it into his mouth. It wasn't his mother's cooking, but... "Mmm. It's got a good flavor."

"It feels like coming back home after a long day." Yazeed stretched his legs out in front of him and adjusted himself on the log. "Two of my parents are Geian so getting back to their lands is a little trickier than a cart ride. I like Belrea well enough, but can't say that I blend in very well over there." He gave himself a quick once over with his hand and a soft, easy going smile.

His stomach also didn't care too much for air travel, but that wasn't a pleasant mealtime conversation.

"Only time I've been to Matori was when I was a boy. I remember falling asleep on the sand and crying when a crab pinched my antennae. Can't say I'm eager for that to happen again, but I liked the sea well enough."