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With the night descending and the air growing colder, Blade shivered lightly in his sleep. However, he remained in a relatively restful state, not stirring for the time being. A myriad of dreams invaded his mind, with nothing really settling there. The events going on in his head simply shifted from one to another, whether it was good or bad.

Eventually, he did awaken though, thanks to the hunger and thirst that plagued him. It took the man a moment or two to remember where he was and what had transpired that day. There were no windows in his line of sight, but it wasn't hard to tell that the land had darkened around them. Travelling out there now would likely be suicide for him.

At first, he was about to get up, but refrained as it seemed Riyo was still asleep. Instead, he just lifted his head slightly, watching her while thinking of a few various things. Troubles that had washed away what seemed like ages ago were now trickling back to him. If only they had stayed away, for now the moments of bliss before seemed rather surreal.

But for now, he just took in a deep breath and continued to relax. He was still fairly worn, and there wasn't anything they could do at the moment regarding food. The thief also had to wonder if anyone was seeking them out... whether they were friend or foe; either was possible at this point.

It'll turn out alright.. he tried to tell himself, Just.. gotta take this as it comes.

Lightly, he placed his hand over Riyo, hoping her dreams were at least less troublesome than the thoughts running through his mind.

For the rest of the night, Blade was drifting in and out of sleep. It was hard for him to stay asleep with his body deprived of food and with a number of things going on through his mind. So when Riyo moved from his chest, he stirred and looked up at her. With a groan, he pushed himself up into a sitting position, feeling sore and hungry.

Glancing to the side, he took note of Riyo's posture. She seemed to be relative deep thought.

"Riyo?" he said softly with concern. His voice was a tad hoarse, seeing how he did scream and shout a fair deal the day before, "Are you alright..?"

Shivering, he rubbed his arms lightly before gingerly stretching out some. A few of his joints popped from the movement. Aside from all the activity yesterday, sleeping on a cold wooden floor did not make his body very happy.

Tilting his head, Blade tried to figure out what that look in her eyes was supposed to be. What was she thinking about? While he tried to figure out, he quickly found himself being pinned down by her. His dark red eyes widened a bit as he stared into hers, still rather unsure where this was all going. Whatever it was, it didn't sound like it was going to be good, though he didn't struggle to get out from under her.

"Riyo... you're my friend," he started softly, "That's already more than what I could ask for."

Even with that, he wasn't too certain where she was going with this. And that had him a little worried for what it could be.

After she had let up on his shoulders a bit, his gaze was cast to the side momentarily, "Unless.. you're saying that you don't even want that.. But... just to let you know, I don't care if there isn't or there will never be any romance involved. That's not what I'm looking for.. at least I don't think it is."

As Riyo let up and tossed his boxers into his face, he grabbed them and sat up. Blade was still a bit confused as to what brought all of that about but he went ahead and jumped back into his boxers.

"Anything edible is fine," he replied. The thief was starving as well, though unfortunately he wouldn't be of much help in terms of getting food in these lands. Hopefully Riyo would be able to manage that on her own. Though, before she could step out, he said one other thing.

"Riyo? Just remember, if you need someone, I'm here."

Cringing at the door slamming, Blade wondered if he had upset her with that last comment. While she was gone, he examined his wound, blinking as it appeared the cut was now sealed. Most likely he would risk reopening it still but the stab wound shouldn't be closed like that already, even with the stitches. Strange.

When Riyo had returned, the thief was completely dressed once more. The sight of the two dead creatures was quite a welcomed one too, even if they looked rather bloody at the moment.

Taking the two, he nodded to her before reaching back for his dagger. Blade paused when he remembered that he didn't have his weapons on him. That made him a little uneasy, and he was wondering where his sword was now... Not to mention that would make skinning a little harder.

Sitting down by the fire, he worked at trying to skin the rabbits by hand. It was definitely a messy job, and it would have been easier if he had at least a knife, but it wasn't impossible. He didn't really have a way to cut up the two critters either so he more or less tore them up. Using some of the firewood she had brought in, he skewered the meat and place them over the fire.

"It shouldn't be too long I think," he said as he looked down at his bloodied hands now. He thought of going to wash the blood off... but that would require him to go into the snow to do that. So... it could wait a little while.

Glancing towards the side at Riyo as she addressed him, he paused for a moment as he saw how wide her eyes were at the moment. Shaking his head slowly, he watched her lick the blood off of her hands and face.

"Eh... I'll do that later," he said, "I'm not too eager to get back outside in the snow.."

The scent of cooking meat soon began to waft through the air, which triggered a rather loud rumble from Blade's stomach. Shifting in place, he waited for the meat to cook a little longer while resisting the temptation to just eat it right there. Pretty much the only thing that was stopping him was that he didn't want to end up getting sick out here from eating undercooked meat.

"Not really.. I've just never really..." blinked Blade as he looked down at his hands again. He hadn't exactly ever thought of eating or licking up blood before. A good portion of that may have something to do with the fact that most of the time, the blood belonged to a person and it was splattered all over the floor or a weapon. But this was rabbit's blood. If he could eat the organs of the beast he should be alright with the blood too.

Hesitantly, he brought up one of his hands and gave it a lick. Well it had an interesting flavor to say the least and it seemed to be gamier than from what he's tasted of his own blood. Had he not been starving so much, he probably would pass on continuing to clean himself this way... but that wasn't the case. So, he just slowly went on to licking the blood away. He wasn't doing too great of a job of cleaning though.

Stopping as he heard a little giggle coming from Riyo, Blade slowly drew his hands away from his mouth. While he had gotten off a good amount, there was still a fair amount of blood left covering them.

"Ah.. that's.. good enough I guess," he uttered, feeling slightly embarrassed. He figured he probably looked a bit goofy while doing that, whereas it seemed almost natural when Riyo cleaned her 'paws' earlier.