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"The exercise is good for her." Aysun told Sam, watching the way that he came sliding down one of the vines that he'd been swinging on. He jogged over to where Samoset was before he paused, turning to look toward Sunshine who really was doing her best to keep up... though in the laziest manner possible. No flapping of her wings, no attempts to fly, she was just running along as Pembe would do. Giving a sigh he rested his hands on his hips and said, "I think she's hung out with my Scorra too long, she might not even know what sort of bird she is. We are definitely going to have to do some flying lessons soon." He said to Sam, watching as Sunshine slowly closed the distance between them.

Once she'd finally caught up he squatted down in front of her, reaching out to pet the confused Kinfa, and said, "You really do need to learn how to fly, my Sunshine." He told her, scooping the big bird up into his arms, then turned to Sam as the bird shifted and got comfortable, "Come on, it will be quicker this way... so long as you don't mind me taking on a handicap for the rest of the race to the river." He gave Sam a smile before he started to job along again, significantly slower though since he was carrying the bird along in his arms now. Regardless of the chance in his pace though it was obvious they would still get there fast then if they had waited for Sunshine to walk the whole way.

Upon arriving Aysun gave a happy sound, setting Sunshine down on her own two feet, then called to Maw, "Wait! Maw! You need to let me take your packs off before you charge into the river!" He said, waving his hands to get the janarim's attention. He then looked to Sam, "I don't think they have rivers in Oba or something, Maw always seems so excited every time we come across one and just wants to play in it."

Aysun trotted over to where Samoset was standing, setting Sunshine down on her feet, before he gave a pat on the head, "Here we are." He said, giving him a smile before he turned to look over toward Maw who was sort of bouncing from side to side along the edge of the stream. It was obvious that he wanted to go in by the look on his face, at least to Aysun, but he was also waiting, "Come here, Maw, I will relieve you of your burden then you can go play." He told him, waiting for the janarim to join him. Once the janarim had come over to then, squatting down where he was easier to reach, Aysun set to work removing everything he was wearing.

The last thing he removed was the big pack, easing it down carefully so as not to damage the contents, "Easy now." He said, opening the pack so that he could scoop a young radaku pup from it, "Alright, Sinnika, it's for you to wake up you lazy little pup." He told him, setting the tri-colored pup on his feet, scratching him under the chin, "Isn't he cute? My friend gave him to me! And look, look!" He motioned to the radaku's mane which he'd done up in various little braids with beads in it, "He actually looks quite nice, huh? I did them myself! Though... I suppose I will need to undo them for now, since we are about to have bath time."

Turning to Samoset he gave a smile, "Bath time, scrubbing them cleaning, trimming nails, brushing hair, that sort of thing. I need to look Sinnika over for any dry patches on his skin, Maw for any loose scales since it seems janarim shed them and regrow them when needed. For Sunshine and Pembe, we need to check for damaged feathers." He paused for a moment, glanced over at Samoset, then asked, "Do you know how to preen feathers? No matter, I can show you."

"Alright, shall we?" He said, stripping down out his clothing, save for his pants, and trotted over toward the water with his animals following along... save for Maw who was already splashing about.

Sinnika turned to look over at Samoset, his eyes going wide, tail swishing for a moment. The little one bounced back and forth for a moment, looking as though he were considering pouncing on Samoset... before he realized that Aysun was going into the water. It was then that the pup seemed to change his mind, racing after Aysun so that he could splash about in the water around the blue eyed male's legs.

Aysun gave a bit of a chuckle before he looked over at Samoset, "It's pretty simple, I can show you if it's needed but with Sunshine getting older she's basically got it figured out. We just need to look her over to make sure is all." He explained to Samoset as he turned back to his pets who were currently playing in the water, "We can start with Sinnika, then move onto Maw if you'd prefer?" He said, sitting down in the shallow water and gave a whistle for the Radaku pup. The little one rushed toward him, slid to a stop, then set to running circles around him staying just out of reach. It was something that had him instantly chuckling as he reached out, trying to catch him each time he passed by.

"Sinnika! Come on now, you know it's bath time!" He told the radaku, trying to catch it again though it once more dodge his attempts and went racing toward Samoset instead, ducking behind his legs, tail wagging rapidly as he playfully took cover. Aysun gave the radaku a glance before looking to Samoset, "Can you try to scoop him up? The worst he will do is squirm about in your arms, he's still in training and quite young so he's quite wiggly compared to the others at the moment."

Aysun gave a smile as Sam was able to capture the squirmy radaku pup, "Good job! Now we just have to get him cleaned up and hope he doesn't roll in the mud the moment we're done." It was a possibility with Sinnika, a pretty likely one in fact, but so long as they got him cleaned up and checked over for any dried skin, scratches, or things like ticks that was what mattered most. A little dirt after the bath wouldn't really hurt the little one so long as it was after everything, including his inspection was done.

Reaching out Aysun gave Sinnika a scratch under the chin, "Alright, let's get you cleaned up little one." He said, carefully taking Sinnika from Sam's arms and waded into the water, "We won't go in too deep with Sinnika since he still little." Unlike Maw who was splashing about in the deeper water he was a lot more careful with the little pup. It was likely he was spoiling him a bit but he couldn't help it! He was just so little and cute! Sitting down in the water, with Sinnika on his lap, he got a handful of mud and set to scrubbing at the radaku's tri-colored skin.

"It seems a little counter productive but using mud is a good way to scrub him clean and gets rid of flaky skin."

Aysun gave a smile, "Wow, you laughed! I am pretty impressed, I almost didn't think you were capable!" He said in a teasing manner. He gave Sam a little nudge before he returned his attention back to Sinnika. The little pup had started to talk down a bit as Aysun cleaned him up, as he did so he listened to what Sam was saying. Apparently his father was a fan of cleaning up with mud? Said that it helped him grip his hammer better? He gave a thoughtful sound then said, "I wonder if that's true? Hmmm." Given as often as he cleaned up his pets with the mud he must surely benefit as well. That would be helpful for the next time he needed to wield his weapon.

"More races? Naw, after bath time we will make sure that they've all gotten enough to drink, get some snacks, then we will go and take a nap in the sun!" Aysun clapped his hands together and said, "You're welcome to join us, of course, though I am not sure if that is something that you'd want to be a part of? It's nice though, sleeping in a big animal pile in the sun. It's pretty comfortable and relaxing. Well, so long as you don't mind being crowded by a bunch of beasts that is."

He wasn't quite certain if he could picture it, but one never knew." Once he'd finished up with Sinnika he let him go, allowing him to go rushing off away from him, shaking off as he went. Giving a laugh he called out, "Don't go to far, Sinnika!"

Pushing up to his feet the soggy Aysun said, "Yeah, it's always nice to get a good nap after a lot of work. Especially the work that comes with bathing and feeding all these beasts." He said it in an affectionate manner though, not sounding as though he was at all bothered by the work he put in with them. Lifting two fingers to his lips he gave a whistle, calling Maw over to him. He gave a smile as the janarim came to join them in the more shallow water, leaning against him for a moment, "Were you having fun, Maw? Such a good boy! Yes you are!" He said, hopping up so that he could hang off to Maw's strong neck for a moment. After a moment of snuggling him he let himself fall back into the water.

"Alright, given how big this guy is I can use your help. It's the same as with Sinnika, handfuls of mud, and scrub him clean. Just make sure that he doesn't have any cuts, scrapes, or things like ticks, alright?" He said, leaning over to scoop up some mud, setting to work scrubbing at Maw's scales, "Doesn't he have the prettiest scales? He's the most beautiful janarim around!" He praised Maw as he scrubbed him clean.

Glancing over toward Samoset, his eyes going a little wide, he said, "Wow, so you'll nap with us? Fun!"

Aysun went about the cleaning effort, with Samoset's help, praising Maw all the while. As he did so he checked on Samoset from time to time, just to see how he was doing, but didn't get in the way. Since Maw was in a pretty good mood he didn't seem to mind the extra pair of hands scrubbing him down, then again he was likely enjoying it. Nothing better then a good scrub down since it helped with itching. Better they scratched hsi itches then Maw doing it himself with those claws himself. Stepping back he went around him in a full circle, giving him a once he nodded, "Looks as though we got all of him covered."

"Alright, Maw! Time to rinse off!" He said, heading into deeper water, with Maw following along next to him. Once the water was up pretty high on the janarim he set to rinsing him off before started back toward the bank, "Alright! Nothing left to do but food and naps! Luckily they already had breakfast at home, now it's mostly snacks that I have in my pack."

Walking over to it he got out some dried fruits and meat, tossing some to each of his pets. Fruit went to the birds, meat went to everyone else, "Once their done we will see about going to lay down." He told Samoset, holding out some of the snacks to Samoset, "I will be nice and I promise not to whisper anything in your ears to mess with your dreams! So, fruit or meat?" He asked, seeing no reason not to partake in the treats since they weren't special animal only food.