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When he seemed surprised that she had sisters Briella raised an eyebrow. Why wouldn’t she have siblings? Did he think her an only child? That would just be silly. She had many siblings, though she only lived with a few when they went back home to visit their mother Aisha there were hundreds of them. As she waited for his question she wondered what she could ask him. She wanted to know more about how their skin changed. She hadn’t seen it herself, though she had over heard her sisters talk about the shifters changing color. Yes that would be her question.

When he asked where her crystals were she tilted her head. Crystals? And when he got nervous about asking her she laughed. “I have no crystals. None of us do.” she said as she noticed his more then before. She reached out to touch them. “No we have no crystals. Aisha doesn’t make us with any. We have markings you don’t though.” she said pointing to her shoulders, chest and sides. “My turn. How do you change colors? Your eyes and your skin?” she said taking her hand from his crystals finally.

When he described her markings Briella smiled. Ah yes, she liked this Shifter. It was strange to think that he was so good with words, but at the same time so bad with them. It was amusing really. "Thank you, I've never been complimented on my markings before. Lucky that I am the first alkidike to receive such compliments. Don't want us girls getting jealous." she teased. Sure she was the first alkidike he ever met, but she had a strong feeling that she wouldn't be the last. If only Dya and Maya were the other alkidike's that he met, she knew he would met more.

When he said that he couldn't control his skin and eyes changing she frowned for a millisecond. Her smile was replaced when he said it changed with the moon and the sun rising. It wasn't to long till the moon came to view in the sky. "So I guess you'll have to stick with me till the moon comes out. Because changing colors sounds exciting."

"Well I think you don't turn gold because gold wouldn't suit you." she said nodding. Gold wouldn't a color for a person. Well maybe, but she thought he looked good the colors he was. Well the one color he was at the moment, she hadn't seen the other one yet. "You forgot to ask a question."

Briella smiled widely. She was worried that he would tell her that he wasn't staying with her till the moon came out, but lucky for her he didn't agree. He seemed like he was going to say something else, but then he stopped mid sentence. Must not have been all that important.

She nodded when he asked if he forgot a question. When he gestured towards his head she tilted her head. Oh her antennas! "Work? I don't know exactly what you mean about work?" she smiled. "However they do allow me to feel the vibrations of animals and things around me. It makes it easier when looking or tracking things." She blushed slightly. It was how she had found him originally, but she didn't want to tell him she had been following me. Hopefully he thought she had just fallen out of the tree by mistake.

"There are female Shifters right?" she was pretty sure he had said something about females, or maybe she had heard it from Maya, but she wanted to be sure. It would make sense, her people were all female so maybe there were a species with all males?

Briella nodded as she reached up and touched her antennas. "Yea I guess they are pretty awesome..." she said quietly. She had never imagined not having them, but seeing him without them she wondered what she would do without them. They made things so much easier for her.

Briella nodded. Lots of everyone? She wondered just how many Shifters there were. She didn't want to ask though, maybe he would think she was planning on attacking them with her sisters or something! She was curious however, she had never really ran into any of them before now so she didn't imagine there were to many of them. Then again maybe they just didn't come around where she was.

When he asked about no males she smiled. She wasn't sure if she should tell him about Aisha... Aisha was their mother, their everything. She was perfect and amazing. No one but her sisters, and the few lucky others that were mates of her sisters, had ever seen her. She figured it was okay to tell Biroki about her since she had heard of shifters coming to see her mother before. "Aisha is our mother. When we go to see her for the year we can go as pairs and ask for a child. Most of the times it is two sisters, but sometimes other people come with our sisters and they ask. Aisha takes pieces from each person and creates their child." She wasn't the best at explaining things, but she hoped she did good enough. "If there are males they are halflings, we don't have any males that are full alkidike."

Yes, Aisha was their mother and their everything. Without her they would never survive. She shivered slightly at the thought of something every happening to Aisha. "Yes you could say that. We just call our mother and our Goddess." When Biroki refered to Aisha as an it her brows furrowed slightly, but he quickly changed it to she and her face was happy once more.

When he asked if all Alkidikes were warriors she thought for a second. It was true that most of them were warriors, but not all of them really. Dya would never be a warrior, and then there were the mystics. There weren't many of them though. When he cowered she put her hand to his shoulder. "Biroki, it's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. And to answer your question no, not all of us are warriors. Though most of us are." the poor boy was so scared of her and she would never cause him harm. Every time he got better he seemed to then get worse. Hopefully before they parted he would be comfortable around her.

Removing her hand she smiled. "Do you guys like climbing?" she said pointing up at the tree branches above them.

Briella nodded when he referred to Aisha as a She. It was only proper to call her a she, since she was a she after all and not an it. She had never thought about it that way, as her sisters and herself becoming warriors to protect mother Aisha. She wondered if Dya had thought about it that way? Or Maya? She would have to talk to her sisters about it later on. "Yes, each and every one of us would happy die to protect her. As long as on of us lives she will be safe." Briella nodded. "Once a year we go to see her, to praise and thank her. This is when she can also give us children, if we ask and are considered worthy." technically only sisters that left the islands, such as Maya, Dya, Niebet, Kishku and herself, went back since the others lived there all the time, but that was something she didn't feel like explaining that very second.

He looked thirsty, and there wasn't any water in his canteen, she could hear as much. When he said it was beautiful she smiled. Yes she agreed, anything that was involved with Aisha was beautiful.

She nodded. Yes it figured that they would be but she wanted to make sure. "We love it. I race with my older sisters all the time. Maybe we could race sometime?" she said happily. "Biroki, if your thirsty I know a good river near by. I wouldn't mind a drink myself." she said with a smile. He had nothing to fear from her, hopefully he would see that soon enough.

She smiled and stood up as well. "Come on, it's just this way." she said heading off. It was somewhere that she had gone with her sisters more then once and she had noticed it was close while she was stalking Biroki.

When he said he wasn't that fast she rolled his eyes. He seemed like the kind to be modest. She would bet he was extremely fast. "Well then maybe a game of hide and seek? I'm pretty good at that too." She use to play this with Dya and Maya a lot, but since Dya lost her sight it wasn't something they liked to play.

When he said worthy as warriors she shook her head. "No not at all! You don't have to be a warrior to be worthy of a child. You have to have love in your heart, be able to take care and provide for her, and have the kind of qualities that a mother should have to raise her child. It doesn't really matter how well of a warrior you are." She thought of Niebet. Although she didn't like to admit it, Niebet was a wonderful warrior, though she couldn't imagine her as a mother. Then there was Dya, who would never be a warrior but she knew would be a good mother. "I think she might take into consideration how good of a warrior you are, but only because she would want to make sure you can protect the child. But I don't think that would be the most important thing."

As they walked she could feel the river close by, and she was sure the two of them would hear it soon enough. Maybe it wouldn't be fair to play hide and seek with him, since her antennas would allow her to find him up easier then he could find her without any.

She shook her head. He didn't seem to be good at anything. As they walked she noticed that his steps weren't as big as hers and tried to slow down for him. She was use to walking with her sisters and they all walked at about the same stride.

"Mandala?" she said tilting her head. She had never heard of the game, and it sounded kind of interesting. "Tell me about that game." she asked. It would be fun for her to have something to bring back and show her sisters. If it was a fun game maybe she could share it with all of them when she went back to see Aisha!

"Yes Aisha is a good and perfect mother. She only gives children to the best of the best. Some people ask for years before they are ready and she gives a child to them." she said nodding. She had heard a rumor that Niebet had been turned down. But she wasn't sure if it was true or not.

Briella nodded when he asked if it was the river and watched him walk to it hurriedly. He had to be super thirsty! She chuckled before standing next to him in the water and cupping some with her hands to drink. "No problem. I was thirsty also." she said smiling. He was much calmer then when she first met him.