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Thriftus looked away, she was not what he was looking for. "I'm not sure..." And it was true, he did not know. He had been traveling without knowing his goal or destination. He was slowly realising how odd it was for a complete stranger to talk to him. This girls pressence was confusing to him. What were her intentions?

Thriftus raised an eyebrow. "I am...strange?...Strangeness is a matter of perspective...What one considers strange could be normal for somebody else...I have been searching for as long as I can remember...for me it is just as normal as eating..." Thriftus stands up, resting on his cane. His legs shake somewhat, as if he is about to fall over. "The moon sings you say? but I have never heard it. To me this knowledge is odd. But you probably dont agree with this, do you?" He leans on his cane, looking down at Arya.

When she asked if he had already passed by what he had been looking for, Thriftus turned around. After she had finnished speaking he replied. "I have already pondered this...If I had..passed by..I would have known..." Suddenly he flings his arms out dramatically, his attitude changing somewhat to be more open. "What is memory but a pathway in your mind to a past event! A pathway, that depending on its amount of use, can either be strong, or faint...but! What if your memories never really fade!? What if it resembles a rut in a pathway. The more often a cart passes, the more obvious it is. The less it comes, the more the weather rubs it away...but, a well worn path you can still see, even months after the farmer has died in his sleep." He turns around, returning to his more quiet self. "That is why..because I still know to search, I believe that when I see it I will know...."

Arya Melange

Surprised as well as amused by his sudden out burst, Arya breaks out into laughter. "You're silly" she tells him, as she clutches her stomach to ease her laughing cramps. Arya doesn't quite understand what he's saying about memory, and though his description is pretty accurate her mind couldn't comprehend the idea nor his twisted sense of thought. She holds her hand out for him to shake anyways, "My name is Arya, nice to meet you" she says introducing herself now that she'd finally calmed down from the laughing fit.

Arya giggles a little and when Thriftus bows and takes her hand, "And same to you dear gentleman," she replies returning his gesture with a small curtsy of her own. She was a little confused by his earlier actions, all the stuttering and confusion, after all, all she had done was introduce herself. Pushing her thoughts about his odd mannerisms aside she decided to invite him on her journey "Would you like to join me Mr. Hatta? I'm trying to cross the dessert and would love some company. Plus it would allow you to look for whatever it is you are searching for" she suggested.

Arya smiles at him and grabs his hand. "I'm so glad you decided to join me Mr. Hatta" she exclaims excitedly, and begins to pull him along. "Its been a while since I've had someone to travel with!" Arya says stopping and looking around with a puzzled face, "Oh dear, it seems like I don't know which way I should be heading." Her voice took on a bit of a sad tone as she said the last part and continued to survey the unending sands.

The child did not seem to notice Thriftus's stumbling as she dragged him along happily, she was simply glad to have some company on her trek to where ever it was her feet were taking her. Looking to Thriftus, her face a little red with embarrassment she stammered, "N-no, I'm afraid don't remember" before looking down and thinking. "hmmm" she pondered raising her small hand to hold her chin. As the thought she looked to the sky, her eyes narrowing as she wracked her brain for the answers she knew laid within it. After a moment or two her eyes opened wide and an excited "ah" escaped her lips, "I traveled here from the Sotdusk desert to the east, and I'm not headed back that way, so I must be heading west!" she exclaimed. he large smile that had adorned her face faded slightly as she realized she didn't know which way was west. "..But I don't which way is west... At least not until morning" she said a little disheartened.

((OOC: Hey there sorry about the super long reply time this last month has been crazy and hectic between holidays and exams. I meant to mesage ou but it seemed to always slip my mind >.< again really sorry about this))