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Lyrica was beginning to feel dizzy, watching him pace back and forth. She had never seen someone so jittery and nervous before. She smiled when he ask about her wings, and said he'd never seen someone with wings before. "They're wings. Though they don't do me much good, since they are so small. My mother had wings that allowed her to fly for short distances, but my father didn't, so I guess that's why mine never grew more than this." She fluttered them, just to show him how pretty they were when she did. She thought that perhaps if she sang a song, it might soothe his nervousness, and calm him down some, but she decided to ask him first. It would not do for her to just break into song suddenly. It might actually have the opposite effect on him, or make him think she was even stranger than he already did. "Do you like to sing Naito? I could sing for you if you like."

She laughed and said, "I don't know about it being divine, but the young ones around here like it well enough. Let me see, what shall I sing for you?" She thought for a moment and then clearing her voice began to sing.....



She finished, and waited for him to say something. She hoped he liked the song, and that he didn't take offense at it.

She wondered what he was doing, as he inched ever closer to her as she sang. When she finished the song, he was almost standing on her paws. She looked up at him, standing over her and stared into his eyes. He had the darkest shade of purple eyes she thought she had ever seen, and she thought if she sat there staring into them for much longer, she would lose herself in them. When he spoke, it broke her out of her trance. "Why thank you Naito. I am glad you like my voice." She then got the distinct impression that he thought the song was all about him, when in fact it was one her mother used to sing to her as a child. For she wasn't quite sure what he meant by 'stay with you'. "I didn't think you wanted to come back to my home with me Naito. Have you changed your mind from just one little song? Not that I wouldn't like to show you my home, but you don't have to if you don't really want to."

His behavior was totally baffling her. As he backed away and apologized, she had to wonder what it was she had said that had brought on this reaction. She certainly had not intended to make him feel as though he was intruding on her time. Hadn't she been the one to initially invite him to her home and show him how to cross the river? Would she have done all that if she didn't want to spend some time getting to know him? She had to find out what it was that was bothering him.

"Naito, please stop. I do not think you are rude, nor do I think of you as an imposition on my time. I am most glad of your company today, as I would otherwise have spent it alone. You have not made me uncomfortable, and I fear I am the reason for your sudden wish to leave. If I have said anything to upset you, or give you that impression, I apologize. Please don't leave. I would be more than happy for you to come back to my home, and spend some time here. You have traveled to so many places that I have only dreamed of seeing. I have so many questions to ask you about the places you've been and the sights you've seen. If you leave now, how will I get my answers?"

Well, that explained a lot. At least he wasn't crazy; he was just unaccustomed to being around other medaria. Perhaps they would be able to form a friendship of sorts after all. "No, houses aren't horrible at all, and some can be much more comfortable than a cave. Mine is not overly large, but there should be enough room for the two of us to be comfortable. Come on, I'll show you the way." She got up and headed off back downstream. "It's not far from here at all," she called over her shoulder as she walked, not turning back to see if he was following, for she certainly hoped that he was.

"No, I live alone. My tree trunk isn't really large enough to support two for more than a night or two. I'd have to search out a better place to live for that. But we will be dry and warm for the night, don't worry." She sniffed the air as she turned away from the stream and headed into the woods. "I think it might rain again today, and I for one don't like getting wet." It didn't take long for her to lead him to the dead tree she had made into a home. Sometime in the distant past a bolt of lightning had struck the tree, causing the trunk to split in two, and topple over. Eventually, the remaining upright side of the trunk fell over as well, and made a good roof for her home. When she found it, there was much work to do, in order to make it livable, and it had taken her many days, but she now had a place she could call her own, and defend quite easily against any attackers. Not that she had ever had occasion to defend herself in that way. This was a relatively quiet part of the woods. She stopped before the entrance to her home and said, "Well, here we are. I'll go in first and you can follow."

She was so intent on making her way to her home that she completely overlooked his question about the rain. "Sorry about not answering you back there about the rain thing. Yeah, I seem to be able to tell when it's going to rain. Something about the moisture in the air. I understand that not all of us can do it." She nodded to him in response to his statement, and walked through the opening under the fallen tree. Once inside, she turned around and called out to him, "Okay, your turn."