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Perhaps it was her motherly instincts kicking in but upon hearing that the young girl had been recently in a fire herself things seemed to click in. Ah, the girl was still shaken from her experience and that she could understand. There were times she awoke to nightmares from the war, her heart racing, drenched in her own sweat grasping for a hammer desperately to protect herself from the ghosts of the past.

"Ah...I shall start it then." Keilana spoke quietly as she quickly went about setting some tinder and grabbing a bit of flint from her bag went to start a small fire. "I will cook some meat for you. Are the chunks too big for your kifna?" was her next question, her tone had softened somewhat and her rather stiff appearance had relaxed slightly.

"Ah..to be honest I am not sure...the boy is often out and I neither see him or his brother much beyond them checking in from time to time." Came her response sounding rather sad and lonely coming from such a strong looking woman. "Though I can be sure he is out reading somewhere in the forest of Jahaur, his father lives there so he tends to stick somewhere in the middle of there and home."

The girl had met the monk? Where had she been all this time? Under a rock? Keilana felt a bit irritated at the fact his son seemed to have introduced the girl to Takoda but not her...and she then felt even more lonely.

"Ah so you met the shifter?" She stated trying to not sound irritated. "He is a good magic user I suppose...you'd learn a lot from him." She managed as she went to stoke the fire so it would be hot enough to cook the food. Gesturing for the girl to take what she needed for the kifna before she went to gather her own skewers with meat on them. Using some rocks to prop them up and allow them to cook without risk of burning herself she returned her attention to Syqvara.

"You seem rather interested in finding my son. I can bring you to our home if you wish to see if he is there. I make no promises though."

Keilana was unsure of this, she had assumed that this girl was interested in Chandra but she seemed eager to just bring the herbs and flee. Was she that timid?

"I know Chandra is a bit rough around the edges, I guess he takes after my cynical side somewhat..." Keilana began as she poked the fire a bit before turning the skewers. "But he has a good heart and he does mean well...he just isn't good at expressing himself." Keilana explained knowing her son pretty well despite not having seen him for long periods of time recently.

"I know he would be disappointed if you didn't stick around to say hello...he doesn't have that many friends." She explained as she lifted the meat from the fire carefully looking it over as the juices dripped down. It didn't seem like it was quite ready yet and thus returned it to the fire.

This was news to her, and perhaps the widening of her eyes betrayed that surprise. Chandra had been in love? With who?? Chandra had never made any mentionings of a girl, now she was learning about this young woman who knew Chandra and apparently there had been a girl he loved? Why was she the last one to know about these things? She was his mother after all!

Her brain slowly turned trying to piece together memories of Chandra's actions over the past moons. There had been a time he was unusually happy and then he had become severely sour and prickly. Perhaps it was then...

"This is new information for me to hear, as far as I know there is no woman in his life..." Keilana's voice sounded bitter. She cast a glance at the kifna who had been inching closer to her, one could almost see drool coming from its beak in hunger. Chuckling slightly trying to move past this shock she picked up one skewer and blew on it. Removing a chunk of meat she held it out for the baby bird.

"The food..is done." Keilana mused now sounding a bit wistful, her brain was full of thoughts and she seemed rather sad about the fact her son hadn't told her anything about his life. removing a second skewer she blew on it from habit and then went to pass it to Syqvara.

There was a moment or two of awkward silence, Keilana continued to keep an eye on the small kifna as it tucked into the food she had given it. She would give it more if it managed to eat what it had and so she went to eat a small portion herself. Mulling over this new information and wondering why her son wouldn't tell her such things.

Of course there was the obvious, that he was embarrassed and didn't want his mom interfering with his love life. But it still made her feel depressed.

"You didn't know, though perhaps if you see my son you can lecture him on spending more time with his mother." Keilana stated with a small shrug. Tired she was ready to get going and go home. Standing she looked to the carcuss that had been mildly cut up and figured she would take out a small cloth in her bag and drape it across her shoulders when she went to pick it up again.

"We should probably go, it will be getting dark sooner rather than later." She mused the embers of the dying fire indicating that they still had plenty of fuel. "Do you know any ice or water spells?" She inquired not very hopeful.