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Rilind nodded, "He is a nice person, perhaps too nice at times but I suppose I can't complain." He said, giving a half shrug. How could he complain? If it wasn't for Yaholo being so nice the guy probably would have given up on Rilind and his many issues a long time ago. To be honest Ril was rather surprised that he hadn't. He was just too nice for his own good, it was something that just made Rilind want to look after him, to protect him from the various people of the world who were far from being as nice. There were people who would take advantage of such niceness, use it, twist it, and that wasn't he wanted to see happen to Yaholo. It was why he wanted him no where near Zena, no where near Ril's father, the man would likely only be too happy to use Yaholo up.

Lifted a hand he scratched it against a scar on his cheek, one of many that his father had given him, before he loked over at Uquin again, "It will be nice to see him again, it's been a while. We crossed paths a while back but he had to get back to his sons and I wasn't in good enough shape to follow." It was still something that still confused him a bit, the whole story that Yaholo had told him about his sons and where they had come from. It was only because Yaholo was so earnest about the 'magic, baby giving tree' that he didn't say that he out right didn't believe such a wild story. Yaholo obvious believed so it was hard not to want to believe him.

After a moment of deep thought he found himself glancing toward Uquin, then asked of him, "Have you... ahh... by any chance, have you ever heard of an entity called 'Aisha'?" Maybe he knew about the strange tree as well? Or at least heard about it? Or would it be called her if could make babies? Geez but this was so confusing... and he could only hope that it was something real and not Yaholo's really weird way of getting out of admitting that he had a woman somewhere. He wanted to believe in him and his story, it was just a little difficult to swallow was all. If anyone had heard of the strange being outside of Yaholo it would help him to believe it, that just meant finding someone with such information.

Ril starred for a moment, then looked away, "I... think I see." He murmured after what felt like an eternity of thought over the answer he'd been given. He then then gave a hint of a smile, "I am glad to hear that she exists. As much as I care about Yaholo and as much want to believe him when it tells me things, hearing about a 'magical tree that gives out babies' was a an outlandish sort of tale." It made him feel bad that it wasn't something he'd bought easily but having another person back Yaholo's story up did help Ril out quite a bit.

"So... that makes her a Goddess as well as a magical tree...?" He mused, half to himself, seeming as though he were still trying to wrap his mind completely around the entire idea. It was just... confusing, not to mention a little out there. At least he felt a bit better now though, knowing that she was an entity that existed. This Aisha that Yaholo had told him about seemed to be a bit like Bergchi, only Bergchi wasn't known for giving out babies last he knew. Chewing on his lower lip for a moment he said, "The Alkidike must have a close bond with their Goddess if she is anything like what Yaholo says she is."

Rilind looked around for a moment, then back to Uquin, mulling over what he was saying. Everything in nature had a spirit...? That was a new one on him but he couldn't say that he spent a great deal of his time going around studying the local religions for every area that he visited. He had done his best to avoid people when he came to each area, as though everyone inhabiting said areas were all dangerous to him. He was trying to relax his guard a bit and in doing so he felt as though he was learning quite a bit, even if some of it was more difficult to believe then the rest. Rilind couldn't help but to give a bit of a laugh, nodding his head, and said, "It came as quite the surprise to me as well. When he first told me about 'Aisha' I just figured that was the name of his woman or something." The look on Yaholo's face when he tried to explain otherwise had been amusing enough.

Lifting his arms he stretched them out over his head, giving a bit of a yawn, before he lowered them again. It felt nice to be able to stretch out again without the wound in his shoulder tugging, he knew that the salve wasn't a miracle cure that would have him instantly better but even a short amount of time in which it wasn't bothering him would be nice, it would mean that he would be able to sleep well tonight, maybe even the best sleep he'd had since he'd last seen Yaholo. Turning back to Uquin he said, "Well... it might be interesting to see her with my own eyes, but I have no desire to do so any time soon." He somehow doubted that a magical tree goddess would find someone like him worthy enough to approach her and it wasn't as though he meant to pray for kids or anything so he had no real reason to see out such an entity.

He leave that sort of thing to those who worshiped said tree, like Yaholo. Yaholo must be someone the tree goddess appreciated if she were to go out of her way to give him children after all. Rilind didn't want to taint said relationship by bothering the goddess. Letting his eyes close he said, "We should consider turning in soon, the group will likely want to move at first light like they always do, and we will be heading on our way to Yera." And to those that everyone in the group were wanting to see, were they lucky enough to catch them there at least.

Rilind pushed up to his feet, though it took the sleepy halfbreed a couple tries to do so, before he said, "I thank you again for your aid, Uquin. Have a good night and I will see you in the morning." He said, turning to head toward his tent, pausing as he reached it. There was a moment when he considered inviting the guy inside, almost willing to share the tent with him... before he shook his head and headed inside. The man was nice enough, had helped him out, chatted with him a bit, but Rilind wasn't so trusting a person that he'd share his sleeping space. A part of him wanted to, to show that he had come a lot way in comparison to how he used to be... but he couldn't do it. He'd need more time before he was able to become so open and trusting as all of that he thought to himself as he made his way to his cot, laying down on it.

Outside the tent the others were still moving around, getting things ready for the morning, before one of the men, the healer that had been chatting with Uquin earlier, motioned to another of the tents, "If you like you can sleep in there. Only a couple others in there so you should have enough space to stretch out." He seemed to have noticed Rilind's inability to share his space, something that was pretty normal for the redhead, and picked up the slack as far as finding their guest a place to sleep was concerned, "We will be having breakfast in the morning before we head for Yera, feel free to join us, Uquin."