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He had been right, she could appreciate the beauty of a place even if it was uncivilized, the thought warmed him a little, he wasn't the only one. "I certainly think so, its also quite practical in a storm as the rain has a harder time getting through the canopy and the wind is cut. I often wondered when I hid here, what made the trees grow like that and to this day I have not figured it out." For all he knew a talented mage had done it. Well whatever had done it they had not bothered to reverse it, much to his delight, now he got to share it with someone and that felt even better then coming here alone.

He unslung his pouch to reveal fruit and crackers and a few other things. "I bought this from the inn, so it has to be good." he chuckled and laid it out so they could dine. He felt at peace here, relaxed more so then normal, here he didn't have to keep an eye out for anyone. He was going into a battle class, but sometimes it was nice to just relax.

Thorn looked at the spread meditatively and offered her a platter of fruit. "Fresh from Jauhar, do you recognize any of them?" he asked curiously, they certainly were interesting looking and a few smelled very sweet and fresh.

A leaf chose this moment to drift down and land on his nose, he blew it off and stared above, but it looked like it was a natural shedding and not caused by anyone or anything creeping around. He chose one of the fruit himself, it was his favorite from Jauhar, purple and full of sweet juice. He sighed in satisfaction. "I don't know why but food seems to taste better in the fresh air."

He offered her trays of the rest of the selection laid out before them, enjoying his job immensely. It just felt nice to be here with her with no pressing matters at hand. And indeed the food was good.

Thorn peered at the fruit. "You know I'm not quite sure. I don't think its a particularly common one, sure looks interesting though." He split the fruit in half and offered her one side. "Shall we try it together?"

He bit into his side and the tang was unexpected and hard to describe, while it was still sweet it was not overpoweringly so. "Whatever it is I like it." He spat out a big seed. "Besides those." he smiled. "From the size I would say that is a tree fruit. Maybe I'll plant it in a pot and see what happens." He picked up the seed and wrapped it in some leather to take home with him. "What do you think it tastes like? I can't quite put a finger on it. But its almost familiar."

"My mother is an excellent gardener, I help her out, Dad has a black thumb and stays out of our way until he can eat whatever comes out of the ground." Thorn smirked. "I think there is something kinda magical about planting a seed and seeing the plant grow from the earth later."

"The pods are alright but when you eat them for breakfast, lunch and supper they tend to loose their charm." He snickered. He found them a bit bland. "Mom tried to hide them in my food when i was little but I knew they were there. She's crafty."

He chose another piece of fruit, this one had tiny seeds that he just swallowed instead of picking them out by the hundreds. This was one of his favorite's one could tell by the blissful look on his face.

He was still a little nervous it seemed but he didn't think he really had reason to be.

"Sauti sounds kinda harsh, what do you eat in the winter if stuff is so hard to grow?" His first guess was hardy roots, even the sound of it tempted him to eat more fruit and be glad he wasn't eating that.

"As are you, but I think your cuter then I am." He grinned and fluttered his own eyelashes at her..it had to be more expressive then grunting like all the other males would probably do, she deserved more then a grunt..what would Dad do? Oh yeah, best not do that....hmm.

So he offered her a hand in a request to cuddle. His heart started to beat double time. She looked cuddleable, and he was afraid he might like it more then he reckoned. Yup what a crux that would be, addicted to cuddling.

Thorn tugged her closer slowly and tucked her in by his side. "Now this is nice. Or at least I think it is, you can move if you want but my side will get cold." He put on his best puppy dog eyes. He hoped she wouldn't move. Maybe he was in over his head, but it felt so good.

"Thank you for coming all the way out here with me, this place is very special to me. I wonder if you might have an idea for our next date? If you er want to have another one with me that it?"

There he had asked...now it felt like his heart was going to pound out of his poor chest.

Oh dear, it felt even better then he thought, he tried not to move, to keep himself relaxed when she was stiff, then it was his turn to be a bit shocked when she wrapped her arms around him. He wanted to melt into a little puddle and all of his hair tried to stand on end. What a weirdly wonderful feeling.

"Stay in Tale you mean? Your family needs you back home I expect?" This was delicate dreadful territory, of course she had to leave at some point this wasn't her home, no more then the city itself was his. And he would have to leave the city soon anyway, due to disguise issues.

He wanted to trail after her, he did but he didn't want to startle her more then he already had with his impromptu cuddling. Besides it was very hard to be sulky with her snuggled up against him, she was soft and curvy, the light filtering though caught her skin as leaves fluttered in the breeze.

"When, uh, when must you leave?"