Welcome to Gaia! ::

It was easy to laugh with Nevada, the sound of her voice light and girlish and sweet. She reminded him of his sister in ways, in at least, of her kindness and her smile. He very much liked spending time with her.

“Well, if you’re offering,” he teased, hoisting the bucket a bit beneath his arm.

He nodded at her, watching her a bit curiously. “Alaska is your sister, I take it?” he asked, thinking the name sounded familiar for some strange reason. It wasn’t the most common of names, after all, but he couldn’t place where he’d heard it. “Where did she manage to find her freedom?”

“And well, my dad was something, that's for sure. But you’re right, we’re not cooped up anymore,” Shiloh said, smiling at her. Like Nevada, he wasn’t about to dampen either. Besides, they’d almost reached the field, the rows of corn still short and growing, but they were growing nonetheless. He had high hopes for their flowers.

Shiloh shook his head, agreeing with her.

“Yeah, I don’t think Deus is exactly a romantic island getaway. Keep it in mind though, if we’re ever on leave, you’d better woo me with steak,” he said playfully, smiling warmly. He was teasing of course, but there were definitely worse things he could end up doing than marrying a pretty woman like her, even if that was not where his interests lay. It was fun to joke around; it felt good to have someone who joked back. A friend.

He walked over to an unplanted patch of soil; it had been turned up recently, and would make planting easier. He was sure Nevada wasn’t looking to get all sweaty and covered and dirt, not with her nice white dress.

“Here will be fine,” he said, gesturing at the ground. He knelt down, placing the bucket beside him. “Make sure to dig a hole big enough to fit all the roots in, it’s gotta be deep enough that they don’t get disturbed.”

“And sister huh? Not even just sister, twin, that’s pretty cool! Are you guys alike? Well, besides the grumpiness, of course. You must care about her a lot, to have followed here here.”