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The Arrival of a Chibi Criminal

Such a Sweet and Snuggly Girl

An Interesting Trio of Boys

A Ghost of the Past

Rosalind was standing on the small stage that was the focal point of the main room of Dream. Her voice was filling the room, the sound captivating almost all of those who listened including Hector who was sitting on the lap of another of the gorgeous hostess. His tall ears were twitching as he listened, eyes wide. She was in a glittering though somewhat slinky dress that helped in drawing the eyes of even the men who weren't interested so much as her singing as just her in general. Rosa was a songstress known as much for her looks as she was for her voice and while the singing was her main jobs most days it didn't mean that she didn't have any customers. There were a few who came to Dream for her and only her, refusing to see others. They were men with grand amounts of money who even the unicorn woman wouldn't and couldn't ignore.

As her song ended she opened her purple eyes, looking out over the crowd and she couldn't help but show the smallest amount of surprise at someone who was sitting in the front row, smoking a cigarette, clapping the loudest. Veles... She wiped away the surprise on her face and replaced it with a serene smile as she left the stage and another woman took her place, sitting behind the piano and set to playing it.

"Rosalind." He man murmured, reaching out to take her hand, lifting it up so that he could brush his lips over it, "Its been a long time."

The unicorn gave a nod of her head, "Yes, it has." She murmured, taking him in. He was as beautiful as ever, his dark hair, deeply tanned skinned, and those eyes... so very blue one could drown in them. She motioned for him to follow her to one of the plush booths where the woman with Hector was sitting, "Thank you for watching him."

The woman nodded, rising to her feet, her fluffy fox tail wagging behind her, "No problem at all love." She said, giving a smile and ruffled Hector's hair before walking off. Everyone at Dream knew of Veles and knew it was best to leave Rosalind to deal with him.

The pale haired woman leaned back in her seat and drew Hector over to sit near to her, running her fingertips over over one of his ears then lifted her gaze to watch her guest, waiting patiently. It took him a long moment before he finally took up the seat across from her and even after he was seated he looked a bit uncomfortable.

"What's with the kid?" Velese finally asked when his curiousity over the matter became to much for him as he eyed the rather strange look boy who was sitting along side the unicorn woman. His blue eyes held the slightly amount of surprise at the presence, he'd never heard of a child being allowed into Dream especially one so young.

"He is in my care." She said simply before she leaned forward to rest her elbows on her knees, "The real question is why you are here today Veles, you know that your not exactly a person who is all to welcome here anymore by most of the girls." Rosalind was a strong woman and it was because of that strength that she dealt with the men like Veles before the bouncers were called in.

"I know, I know." He muttered, he seemed to be trying to wrap his mind around it. The boy was in her care? In what was? Was he her son, "So you finally found someone then?" He asked hesitantly.

Rosalind gave a little chuckle, "Mmm, no. Not quite yet but that didn't stop me from taking him in and then later a second child." She told him. It was easier to talk with him now she realized. Only a few months ago she might have found this difficult but now it would seem as if old wounds had started to heal, "You don't need to be so tense Veles, I am fine now." She sounded quite delighted over this feeling and realization. She was fine.

Veles gave a bit of a smile, "I am glad to hear that." He murmured before he looked back and forth, a curious look on his face, "So where is the other one?"

She lifted a hand up to lay it upon the necklace that was hanging around her neck, "He is resting right here." She told him, "He will be born from it when he is ready." As she spoke the chimera boy crawled up the unicorn woman, lifting one of his many hands up toward that necklace. He liked it, it was pretty and it was doing an important job! While he was wrapped up in stroking the necklace in a delighted way Alejo was watching Veles in a silent, glaring manner.

The eel tail didn't like the man for some reason... he couldn't put his finger on it but it rubbed the eel the wrong way.

"When you have these two sons your still going to be working here?" Veles asked, showing his normal dislike of the job that the unicorn had. He was jealous of the company she kept, of her other men, any of it... it had been the big problem between them though not the biggest problem. The biggest problem was that she had told him she didn't want to quit, that she loved the job, loved the people, loved Dream.

"Yes, the Madame of the place told me that I would be the next to inherit Dream when she retires. I won't be quitting for a long time. I will be taking care of the place and the girls when my time comes." She told him.

"And the children? Will they understand?" He asked, his hackles rising just a little.

She gave a little shrug of her shoulders, "I can't tell you what they will think, they are their own people after all. I guess the future will tell us what will happen, what they think." She said as she wrapped one arm around Hector and drew him to her to snuggle him close.

Hector started to purr in a rather loud manner at this, half for the snuggles and half because the necklace was now within reach. He lifted his four hands all up to catch hold of it so he could inspect it, looking it over, mewing at it. He wanted for it to respond but it didn't... it merely glittered in the lights in response to his attention to it.

Veles watched the way she gave attention to the boy in her lap and he finally gave a nod as he rose to his feet, "I got a promotion in my job. I thought I would come by to try once again to get you to come away with me but... I guess this is all what you have chosen." He murmured, looking around them. A bar, two boys, and a bunch of women that would look to her for guidance... it was what she wanted, what she had chosen... he gave a soft sigh before he turned and walked away.

It was purifying for them both, to be freed from their first brush with childish and possessive love.

"So little Hector? Shall we order some wine and celebrate?" She asked of him, waving to one of the other girls asking for a glass of wine for herself and a cup of juice for her son. A toast to the future she thought, her heart freed now to seek out new love if she could find one that would allow her to continue on with her work.

Sunbathing Trio

The weather seemed to be really nice today. The sun was out and shining brightly, there was a slight breeze to keep it from being to warm, and there were a few clouds here and there to give the sky a nice look to it. All in all a good day to be out and about which was exactly what the Arianrhod family was doing, getting out to enjoy the weather while it lasted. There was rumor of a possible rain shower in the next day or so.

A large blanket with a checkered bring was laid out on the ground first with the help of Daz before Rosalind knelt down on the blanket carefully. She laid Hector down on his stomach, some toys placed before him so that he could play, before she set to rubbing sunscreen on first her two boys and then herself. No reason they should chance burning their sensitive skin she thought to herself, not wanting to risk it herself let alone risk her boys. She was most certain that a child with sunburn would be a difficult thing indeed to dead with... she tilted her head to one side, thoughtfully before she covered Alejo in sunscreen as well, "No reason to chance that either." She wasn't sure if the eel like tail could burn but she might as well slather it in the lotion as well as a precaution.

Alejo gave a sort of hissing sound as it was coated in sunscreen before its attention went to the set of plastic, rattling keys that had been laid out before Hector. A baby's toy that had the eel utterly fascinated to the point that it had snagged them from Hector's stash to play with them itself. The chimera boy didn't seem to notice or if he had noticed he didn't really mind that they had been taken. He had a pile of other things to play with... at the moment it was a mirror that held his attention. He was holding the handle in all four of his hands, starring into its reflective surface with slightly narrowed eyes.

He wasn't exactly sure why but something about his reflection bothered him... as though it weren't right. He lifted on hand to run his fingers along the surface before he set to shaking the item as though it would fix what was wrong. When it stilled again his young mind tried to wrap itself around what was wrong. He was... to short for one, to flat, to fluffy, hair was to short... the things came to mind in a rush of information that he tried to make sense of. It was all a bit of a blur at the moment, as though there were something he should remember but was having a hard time in grasping for some reason. It was a pain...

Hector dropped the mirror and reached for another toy, a better toy. It was a stuffed animal that Rosa had gotten for him, one that he rather liked because while it no longer existed on some worlds having been hunted to extinction, it thrived on Gaia. He lifted the spotted cat plush up so that he could set to chewing on it with his many sharp teeth. He liked this place, liked where he was living now. There were so many animals that he'd gotten to see when he went to that fun Animal Sanctuary with his mother.

"You like your kitty?" Rosa asked of Hector as she got done braiding Daz's hair so that it wouldn't hang down in the quiet boy's eyes anymore.

The chimera boy's ears turned toward her first before the rest of his head. He blinked his large, yellow eyes at her before he grinned around the stuffed animal in his mouth, and nodded rapidly. Yes, yes he did like his kitty!

Daz settled down on the blanket behind Rosa so that he could lean with his back against hers, resting in a contented manner. He watched the way his little brother played before letting his eyes close and set to dozing off in the warm sun. Hector gave him a momentary glance, for a moment considering throwing his stuffed cat at his brother to wake him up and make him play but decided against it. He didn't want to be mean to him when Daz was normally so nice and helpful... he turned his attention back to his plushy and soon he was contentedly playing with it once more while Rosa watched over him, Daz, and everything going on around them in the park.

She was used to people, to crowds, but since Hector and Daz had come into her care she had been far more careful in keeping an eye out. She didn't want to see either of her babies get hurt by a stranger after all. Much to her delight though the afternoon was quite uneventful from when they got their until just about the time she was planning on leaving when the rains came in a bit early leaving the three of them rushing for the dry interior of some stores that weren't to far from the park.

A Life Lesson

The first thing to peek over the counter was Alejo as he looked back and forth, then it was Hector's tall ears, his hands, and then he was pulling himself up. It was a rather easy task for someone like him who had four arms all of which seemed pretty strong. The devious pair settled onto the counter, looking back and forth before then both seemed to grin in a delighted manner as they saw exactly what they wanted. Food and lots of it! He had noticed this before, there were days that the place that he lived at had parties, food was laid out on a long table in a buffet style, and everyone ate, drank, and his mother would sing, some of the girls would dance.

Hector was to young, had no idea really as to where his mother worked, what the place was for, so it just seemed like it was often party after party. There wasn't anyone guarding the party fare today which had led the boy into the kitchen. It was good stuff, tasty stuff... he reached over to catch hold of one of the containers that had been delivered earlier. It was still warm and smelled really good... he was nearly drooling as he opened the container and looked inside. Pasta of some sort with various vegetables in it, a strangely colored sauce, and a bit of what looked like fish in it. He was nearly purring as he dug in with all four hands, lifting the pasta salad to his mouth and gulped it down, barely chewing. Alejo was only a moment behind, burying its face in the bowl to get its fair share.

The pan of pasta was nearly half gone when someone found the hungry boy and his strange tail all but swimming in it in their haste to gulp it down. The taste was something like Heaven he was just sure of it and he was considering checking what was in the other pans but couldn't quite seem to bring himself to abandon the current pan given it was still full of delicious food.

There was a squeak off to the side followed by giggles as a girl with hooves and a swishing horse tail walked forward toward where Hector and Alejo were perched on the counter with their ill gotten goods, "Well there you are cutie, we thought you were still watching your movie." She said as she walked over to him, looking down into the pan and her dark eyes got quite wide before she started to giggle again, "Well now, you are a growing boy aren't you? Just look at how much food you gulped down."

Hector looked up at her for a moment, two hands halfway to his mouth, the other two pausing in the pan before in slow motion he continued to eat, as though if he did it slowly it wouldn't be noticed. Alejo didn't bother to even lift its head, instead it seemed to speed up wolfing down the noodles even more when they had been found to get its fill.

The woman giggled before walking over to scoop up the boy in one arm and the pan in the other, "Come on now, since you guys had your hands and... well your head in it we can't serve it to the customers so its all yours." She assured them, walking out of the kitchen area and back toward the room where Hector's toys were located along with a television, DVD player, and a who ton of DVDs were waiting for them, "Here, how about we play in here? Your mother will come in to visit once everything is set for tonight." She told him.

The boy starred up at her for a long moment as he was set down, relaxing only when his food was set down in front of him. His eyes went back to the television screen, watching the lion movie as he returned to eating the pan that was now his and Alejo's alone. It would seem that they had some good pilfering skills not to mention that being cute had helped out like nothing else when it came to getting what they had wanted. A good lesson to recall for later. For now though all that mattered was food and his cool movie.

A New... Friend...?

(( Ubara and Jacob belong to Jayoku, RP done via AIM ))

Rosalind was watching her son as he walked along next to her and was watching him closely. He was smiling like a cat who had swallowed someone's bird though she wasn't exactly sure why... unknown to her the boy was still wearing her emerald necklace though he'd tucked it away under his shirt as he found the item to be the most beautiful thing in the world. He was certain he'd never seen anything as beautiful before in all of his life though that thought along with some other ones mixed him up a bit. There were days he would remember things that had never happened to him before since he'd woke up and was given over to Rosa to take care of.

The boy was purring as one hand held onto that of his mother, one laid over the point of his chest where the necklace was hanging, and the other two were tucked into the pockets of his coat. He lifted his gaze up to watch his mother for a moment before looking ahead. They were almost to the park! He was quite excited as it had been some time since they had gone out, his mother was to busy with her work he thought ears twitching before laying back for a thoughtful moment. He didn't quite understand what she did, only that she seemed to have a lot of duties to take care of after the sun went down. Maybe when he was older it would make more sense to his mind, "There yet?" he asked of her.

The unicorn woman looked down at him before giving a chuckle, "Almost." She assured him, motioning with a hand to where the gates to the park were, not far ahead.

A pleased sound came from the chimera like boy before he broke away from her to toddle forward at a quicker pace that forced her to quicken her pace as well, her high heels clicking against the ground, "Ahh, come on Hector its hard for me to run in heels." She said, lifting her hands to cross them over her chest to help to cut down on the bouncing as she chased after her son who was happily running into the park.

Jacob hadn't been sure on how to deal with him. Not since he and his brother had grown anyway. He had hoped that once Ubara had gotten older he'd get over his rather violent tendencies, but instead he seemed to lash out quite suddenly and randomly. It was ..hard to know what exactly pressed his buttons but he thought that perhaps getting the young troll...creature some exercise would be the best thing for now. Snakes...well reptiles in general but snakes in particular had a calming effect on him. Making him nearly civil although snarky and sarcastic at least he wasn't trying to gouge you with those tusks of his. The lanky kid had only gotten lankier with age....it was hard to really tell if his growth spurt was normal or not..but he gave a shrug as they walked to the park.

"We ju bring meh 'ere?" The bald kid asked with a low growl his eyes narrowing as he scanned the area his ears twitching at every noise. The...strange thing Jacob found was the accent Ubarajin seemed to develope overnight after he grew.

"Why not Ubara? You like the outdoors don't you?" He inquired to his 'son' of sorts. He didn't like taking him to the zoo every day...to only have him stare at the gaint anaconda's as if he was in love with them..it was too unnatural.

Hector went happily racing into the park, looking back and forth for a moment before he gave a grin and rush along once more, face alight. Oh there was nothing better then the outdoors, look at that! There were birds here! Oh and was that a squirrel? He went running over toward one, causing the birds to flutter into the air then he was going toward the fluffy tailed rodent... and when it ran up the nearest Hector tried to follow, his four arms and feet all seeming to work well in the attempt though he got got so far before he found himself stuck.

Alejo, the boy's shimmering blue eel tail starred at Hector before it gave a hissing sound much like laughter as he realized that the one he was a part of had gotten himself stuck in a classical cat move.

Rosa paused in her running to watch her son for a long moment before giving a groan, "Hector..." She walked over to the edge of the side walk, pausing there as she looked at the ground, debating on if she could make it to where he located in the shoes she was wearing at the moment.

Jacob was trying to reason with his 'son' to get him to understand there was more to life than being annoyed at everyone and everything.

"I dun care...dis nah wa I wanna do..." He retorted sounding rather harrumphed like an old man.

"But Ubara...you like the outdoors...remember you always have a nack for finding reptiles out here.." Jacob tried to get him to see reason but Ubara was...staring at something, he had even stopped walking his eyes trained upon a small boy in a tree. But he wasn't looking at the boy, he was looking at his tail. That...snake like tail. He moved towards the kid and seemed to be ignoring the woman or..hadn't realized she was there until he reached up to try and lure the snake thing down. He gave a sound sounding like a hiss between his teeth raising his two fingers up towards the branch.

Jacob watched his son with a curious look and he hurried up to catch up with him before he looked to the woman and then the child in the tree.
"Oh.! is everything okay here?"

Hector blinked a couple times as he heard the hissing sound, looking over at Alejo as though he thought the sound came from his tail, the tail shook its head and both of them found themselves looking down at the hand that was being reached out to them. The chimera boy shifted to sit down on the branch he'd gotten himself near to and looking down at the one under him. Hector's ears turned forward and he starred for a long moment, "Ahh... ele... phant?" He murmured, sounding as though he were questioning Alejo as he starred the one with the tusks. He didn't look like the elephants as the zoo but he seemed to have the same sort of teeth...

Rosa turned to look over at Jacob and gave the man her best smile, "Ahh, yes. My boy's body just seemed to get ahead of his mind for a moment." She said with a soft giggle, "He's a bit like a little kitten."

Jacob wasn't really sure if Ubara should be near the other child. He...wasn't exactly the most docile of kids. With a violent manner he could only dread the outcome.

"Ah..well Ubara maybe you should come back over here," He started but the troll child shook his head his eyes still fastened on that tail as if mesmerized.

"Dey snake ting..." He responded simply he gave a limp shrug of his shoulder as he then wiggled his fingers together and made the sound again trying to draw it down towards him.

Alejo glanced at Hector for a moment then moved forward toward those wiggling fingers, finding the hissing sound almost as interesting as Hector found it. This guy was neat looking Hector thought, wondering if the guy with the elephant teeth knew that he had markings on him that looked like Alejo. He shifted himself so that he was in a precarious sort of position so he could reach a scaly hand out, wanting to touch him. He had neat ears too... they weren't like elephant ears though which made the boy really wonder what it was that this guy was. Whatever it was he was quite interesting...

Rosa looked over at the man for a moment, taking in the look on his face then looked a little worried, wondering if perhaps she should abandon her shoes and go pull her son out of the tree and out of reach of the older boy that was trying to reach out to him. Something about the man's expression made her uneasy.

His ears twitched as he felt the breeze of something trying to touch him, he jerked his head back a growl emitting from his throat his eyes narrowing as he glared at Hector. He seemed to go back into a lull dazed like state when he re focused on the snake like tail. His hand shifted to reach for the tail not Hector. It was quite obvious he held no interest in the boy himself.

Jacob moaned and then looked to the woman, "Uh...I am sorry about this...Ubara is...um...quite fond of snake like things. But I don't think your child's tail..is..quite a snake is it?"

Hector's ears gave a twitch, turning forward before they laid back against his head as though he were a little confused. This was... odd. He'd never met anyone that growled at him before he thought to himself, it would seem as the boy with the tusks seemed to like Alejo better which caused the chimera to pout a little bit. He wanted to play with the one under him too, why did only his tail get to play with him? He gave a little sound in his throat like a cat might make, leaning forward a little more.

Rosa looked to Jacob before shaking her head, "No, Alejo isn't a snake at all." She murmured, watching as the eel tail moved in closer toward that reaching hand, watching it closely, "Its... umm... its an eel."

Jacob gave a groan, this would be the first time Ubara say an eel...he probably didn't know the difference. It looked similar to a snake but it certainly didn't feel like one..or act like one. So did it matter to Ubara if he THOUGHT it was a snake rather than it being an actual snake?

"We better stop him, Ubara likes reptiles...snakes are about the only thing that keeps him calm." He murmured as he then chewed on his lower lip. "But if its not a snake well..I don't know how he will react.." he murmured as he stepped forward.

"Ubara come on now we need to get the boy down not...stare at his tail..." He tried to reason with his son who only tore his gaze away to toss the man the most intense death glare. It caused Jacob to shiver, he didn't like that look Ubara gave him more often than not. Even if he was just a child...

"Come on Ubara.."

"Ju stay outta it." He grunted as he stood on his tip toes so he could touch the snake thing as soon as it got within reach.

Rosa gave a nod of her head, "Yeah, it might be a good idea." She agreed, she'd gotten shocked by Alejo on a couple of occasions when she'd startled the tail and she didn't want to risk that happening to a strange child. She took a half step forward when the boy called Ubara threw that death glare at the one she had thought was his father and seemed to pin the man with it. She blinked a couple of times and seemed to find herself frozen in place as well even if the glare was exactly thrown at her.

Alejo titled its head to the side before it moved forward a bit more and tapped its nose to the fingers that were reaching out toward it, not exactly knowing the rules to the game the other was proposing. All the tail seemed to know was the other wanted it to come closer and kept reaching out so it seemed to figure it was going to get pet. Hector gave a pout, reaching one of his scaly hands out once more when it seemed that Alejo was going to get all the attention, not fair at all! The tusked boy should play with them both!

Jacob shook his head when Ubara looked back to Hector and he finally took a step forward and he reached out to Ubara and took him firmly by the shoulder. The other boy flinched and recoiled against the touch, one would think he had never been touched before...despite having been handled a lot as toddler he gave a sharp sound before retreating from Jacob his eyes giving that dangerous look again.

"Dun do dat..." he growled. He didn't like being touched without permission.

"Ubara...come on don't act like that..." The boy growled again, "We need to get him down.then you can.." he trailed off, "play.." he groped for the word as he knew that wasn't exactly what Ubara wanted to do ...

Hector gave a pout when the other boy was pulled out of his reach and he grasped at him for a moment before he sat back on the tree branch. Even Alejo seemed a bit upset about Ubara getting pulled away since it meant that it didn't get to play whatever game they had been about to play. Hector gave a squeal of surprise when he found himself plucked out of the tree by his mother who had moved forward when Jacob had moved. The chimera boy found himself placed on his feet and he looked up at her for a moment, then to Jacob, and finally to Ubara and he seemed confused. Something was going on that was above his head again, "Ahh...? Huh?"

Rosa ruffle his hair gently, "Its alright." She assured her son, not wanting him to worry about anything since he was to little to have to do that.

~ TBC...

Gift for Ubara

(( Ubara and Jacob belong to Jayoku, RP done via AIM ))

Ubara had been watching like a cougar may or some other large cat. He watched waited, quietly in the bushes he noticed the kid move faster and when it felt like he should lunge he paused. The kid had seen something of interest. It caught his interest too. Was it a snake? He moved out of concealment nearly instantly at the prospect of finding a serpent. Completely ignoring the hunt for Hector as there was promise of a snake he could hold.

Hector gave a happy sound as he continued to crawl along, moving around the rock in pursuit of the tail. He was almost purring as he could see that he was catching up. He reached his scaled hands out while using the clawed ones to crawl with. Closer, closer... and grab! Hector caught hold of the snake by its middle and picked it up much to the distaste of the reptile. It swished back and forth in his grasp, hissed, and turned to glare at him in a rather unamused manner. The chimera boy gave a happy sound, plopping back on his backside and lifted his other set of hands up to pet them over the snake in a soothing manner before he started to purr. He was pleased with this find and something about Hector seemed to calm the animal and despite being young his touch was careful, he wasn't squeezing the creature, he wasn't hurting it, just holding it.

He pushed up to his feet them, "Need to find." He told the snake, having no idea how close by Ubara really was.

Ubara's yellow eyes latched onto the snake that Hector held in his hands, he seemed nearly mesmerized by it. He was moving towards Hector at a slow speed a hesitant speed. He came to stand before Hector not looking at him but at the snake. He blinked a couple of times staring at it, it was small but so beautiful. He reached a hand out gently, there was nothing menacing about him at this particular moment. He just wanted the snake.

The chimera gave a little jump when he found the other seemed to just suddenly be there. He turned to look up at him for a long moment, starring. he seemed so happy all of a sudden which was a change. Better to see him in a happy mood then one where he was all grouchy and wanting to beat him with a stick. His ears turned forward before he lifted his four hands up to Ubara, "Present?" He murmured, purring at the other boy in a hopeful manner, hoping that this would be enough to make a truce with the other boy.

Ubara blinked as he breaking out of his trance he looked to Hector a slight scowl on his face but his gaze soon returned to the snake. Present....? He nodded his head slowly and then grumbled, "Jya..." What he was referring to was...not clear though it seemed that he was willing to befriend Hector if that meant he could have the snake.

A rather happy sound came from Hector and he took another step closer to the older boy, lifting his hands up a bit more offering the small, scaly creature to Ubara. This was a good idea he thought to himself, he only wished at first that he were able to find a more impressive reptile as he hadn't been sure if a little one would be good enough. It seemed to work out though as even the little snake had been enough to make up to Ubara for Alejo not being a snake, "Here, present." He said again, urging the taller boy to take the snake for himself.


Ubara reached forward but didn't grab the snake, he held such a deep respect and awe for them he waited for the snake to come to him.
"Why find? Wut ju want from meh?" He inquired in a low tone as he didn't want to startle the small reptile.

Hector watched closely as the snake moved to flick its tongue at Ubara for a moment before it decided to slither forward from his hands to the hands of the troll boy. The chimera seemed only to smile more, clapping his hands in a hapy manner, this was going well. Though as he was asked what he wanted he found himself tilting his head to the side, "Huh? Want?" He looked a little confused then gave a smile, "Be friends." He said with a nod before he turned to look around, sniffing at the air to see what other sorts of animals were around. He could smell a bunch of them but didn't see any that were within catching distance.

Ubara gave ..a rather serene looking smile as he gazed down at the snake, he then sat down and watched it closely. Noticing the color of the scales to the color of its eyes and the size of its head. It was small, but it seemed more beautiful than any other creature he had ever laid eye's on.

"Friend?" He echoed the word as he reached out with his other hand to let the snake explore on his large fingers. "Why want ma friend? What ju get outta dat?"

He was looking confused against as he was asked what he got out of it. He tilted his head to the side, blinking a couple times then shrugged, "Get... a friend." He finally said, not sure how else to answer since there wasn't exactly any motive behind what he was doing aside from his hoping find the snake for Ubara would make him happier. He gave a purring sound as he turned back to the troll when he couldn't find anything else to sneak after and smiled up at him, ears flicking back and forth.

Ubara didn't really know how to respond to that, but he got a snake out of the deal so he guessed being Hectors 'friend' couldn't be that horrible. He gave a quick jerk of his head that indicated a nod. Though he was quite content to just continue sitting there and play with the snake.

"Very young dis one.." he murmured looking at just how small the snake was. "Common garder snake..not like dey one at deh zoo...dat one biiig." he commented.

Hector settled down to sit down in front of his new friend, purring happily. He had done it! With the help of the snake he had been able to make Ubara happy enough so that they could make friends! His ears turned forward as the older boy told him what sort of snake exactly it was that he'd caught for Ubara. He tilted his head to the side before smiling, "Didn't see big snake when we went." He murmured, he'd seen some neat cats at the zoo and met some nice people but he hadn't gotten to see the snakes, especially one that was 'biiig' which he imagined must be one that was a massive monster of a snake that he found himself wanting to meet.

"This one is nice snake." He said, motioning to the little snake that hadn't tried to bite him at all when he'd caught it, it seemed quite laid back in fact which made him quite happy.