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The large 'Daeva male gave a shot nod to the smaller vixen. "It is. His name is Agni and he lives up to the stereotype of our species. Actually, all of my brothers do really."

Ki twitched his tail idly as he talked with Aruna. "If the 'Phim is in trouble, that is her own fault. What my brother does to 'Phim's in his spare time is none of my concern." He shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal. 'Phim's were their opposites, if they couldn't take care of their selves, that was their own doing. It was not Ki's job to play 'Phim savior, especially not from his own brother. "I was thinking about going back to Kurai," Ki continued, back on track. "But not before I tracked down some unsuspecting fox to mess with first." He couldn't help but give Aruna an evil grin.

"You are indeed lucky." He nodded seriously for a second as a flash of what could have happened to Aruna had she met Agni flashed through his mind. The 'daeva shook the imagery from his head and grinned again. "But who's to say I'm not still messing with your mind?" His grin widened a little but he knew that Aruna had caught onto his act by now and knew he wasn't.

"You are right about that." Ki said in reply to her last statement. "Finding you was quite a discovery."

Although Ki enjoyed Aruna's presence, he was becoming increasingly bored with just sitting around. Ki rose and stood next to the smaller vixen before turning in the direction of Kurai.

"Your heat source grows tired of this mountain." The flames around his paws jumped in anticipation to get moving again. "Shall we travel?"

Ki couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the smaller vixen. "Prepared for anything? That almost sounds like a challenge. You shouldn't tempt me." He chuckled a little and shook his head. Giving a 'daeva such ideas could be a dangerous thing for a fox. But Ki was glad that Aruna was comfortable enough with him to make jokes. It was odd having a fox that wasn't a 'daeva comfortable with him.

"Ah, but it is in my nature to mess with you. It's great fun." He looked down at her and grinned. "Maybe I should challenge you to mess with me so that you can see what fun it is. Although.." He paused and thought for a moment. "Agni is really the best 'Daeva to mess with. He's absolutely horrible at coming up with comebacks or insults. Sometimes I wonder if the poor boy even has a brain anymore." Ki couldn't resist an exaggerated eye roll.

"Do you have anyone in your family that's fun to mess with?" He wasn't sure if normal foxes messed with each other the way he did with his brothers. Was that only a 'Daeva thing?

The wheels in Ki's head were turning as he thought about his brother, Agni. Agni was much stronger than he was but Ki had alway beaten him in fights because once Agni had been taunted, he could never gain enough control over his anger to fight properly. Ki was almost sure that Agni would get extremely worked up from being taunted by Aruna. Agni's temper would flare and he would quickly lose control of himself, making it easy for Ki to protect Aruna if Agni got too violent. The thought of messing with his brother so much brought a mighty evil grin to Ki's face.

"You have a point. I guess you'll just have to mess with me when I least expect it. Or you could indeed mess with Agni. I believe you would find out very quickly just how much fun it is to get under a 'Daeva's fur." His smile darkened as the thought of the furious rage that the two of them could cause Agni to feel. "I would indeed protect you. Having my brother destroy you is not on my to do list."

It was odd to hear a fox say that they didn't mess with their siblings or extended family. Ki's family was always messing with each other. Some how, that was what worked for his family. He had always been closer to Agni than he had been to his other brothers but he had always messed with Agni more. In return, his brother always messed with him and caused him great misery. How did families like Aruna's get by without such affectionate gestures? Ki thought about asking Aruna why she had never messed with her family but thought better of it.

Ki hopped on top of another boulder as they made their way down the mountain. His flames licked at the rock as he looked down at Aruna.

"I am not worried for your safety." He said raising his head sort of proud like. "I do not worry. That is a 'Phim and fox emotion, not one that I concern myself with." Ki leaded off the boulder and landed next to Aruna, crouching down so that he was eye level with her. "I don't need to worry about your safety with Agni because I know how to lure him away from you."

Due to his nature to be overly dramatic, Ki flexed out his wings and wrapped Aruna in one of them, using it to pull her close. He looked around sneakily to see if anyone else was around. Of course no one was but he felt it was necessary for his dramatics. Ki bent his head as if to whisper a deep secret to Aruna.

"You see..." He started, giving Aruna a sly smile. "As I stated earlier, Agni doesn't have much of a brain in that head of his. It takes him far to long to think up anything and he's horrible at conversation most of the time. To mess with him, you just start with one tiiiiny little insult to get under his skin." Ki's smile grew as he continued talking and he pulled Aruna closer to him, figuring she wouldn't mind the fire jumping towards her paws. "Once you give that first insult, the rest comes naturally. He makes it way to easy to get inside his head. If you know the right words, you can practically make him do or say anything."

Ki looked to Aruna, waiting for her reaction. He nodded at each of her ideas for an insult until she got to the 'Yo Momma' part.

"Keep in mind that the mother of Agni is also the mother of myself." Ki said as he stood up and gave Aruna a look of interest. "Though Agni doesn't much care of our mother. He is classified as more of a 'Daddies Boy'." Unwillingly, Ki's mind thought back to his younger days when his father praised his other brothers for picking on normal foxes while Ki sat on the sidelines. Snapping back to reality, Ki shook the thoughts from his head and used his wing to pull Aruna on and walk beside him as he started again.

"I like to comment on his stupidity mostly. But taking a hit from you on his masculinity is sure to get him riled up." He couldn't help but chuckle as he continued trotting down the path with Aruna by his side.

Ki felt a smile appear on his face as Aruna talked about the signs of a weak argument. It was obvious that the vixen had a good head on her shoulders, which was one of the many things Ki liked about her. Aruna wasn't like the rest of the vixen's Ki had met who would have nagged him for being mean to his brother. She seemed to be able to understand that he wasn't a normal fox and didn't live as such and be okay with that. Ki was glad to have finally found a friend in the fox community. Although he had to admit his feelings for Aruna were strange and although he had only just met her, he could feel a sort of connection to her.

"So you said you've been to Kurai before, yes?" Ki asked, having run out of things to say about his brother but not wanting to end conversation with Aruna.

The large 'Daeva felt a look of confusion cross his face as he listened to the smaller vixen talk. She had been on Kurai lands and hadn't seen anyone? That was strange. Most of the time, the guardian or someone went to inform others that they had stepped onto Kurai land. He wanted to ask what part of the land she had explored but as she kept talking, he decided not to. It's not like he couldn't ask her once they got there.

"I've just seen him around." Ki replied as he tried to remember the older fox. "He was good friends with our tribes Elder, but I never talked to either much. I was much to busy with my brothers and fulfilling my tribe duties to have friends." He shrugged as they walked, almost sorry he didn't have more information for her.