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The alter's tail swished behind her as she thought about the options given to her. Was there an order best to do them in, did she value the same forms of entertainment as humans and was there a point in looking at things she couldn't buy becuase Uzi lacked money of her own? "Vendors first" she finally replied " People make interesting things."

Even if she couldn't buy anything Uzi had to admit she was curious about what sort of things the people here might have crafted. Uzi had long ago learned that many of the sentient species of Drente had found more ways to create things than to kill them and these creations took an equal amount of skill.She might not find all things that were made useful but the essentic was learning to appreciate the effort that went into them anyways.

Uzi eyed Zia carefully at that comment, she disliked the idea of being in the other essentics debt over something as base as food. " The offer is kind," unnecessary but kind, then again Ziazan was that sort as far as Uzi was concerned.though her understanding of things grew daily she would never be able to get why Zia was able to view Faolan as family or why the older alter was able to make so many bonds. For Uzi distancing herself from others was second nature.

"I'd like to look at those, I need to look at more clothes anyways Eli says." Uzi was quite content with the small wardrobe she had but it didn't hurt to consider adding new things and she was too rough on her clothes to expect them to last forever. Uzi's ears flicked back and work as they walked trying to pick up snippets of the conversations going on around her.

The huntress's golden eyes followed Zia's hand and looked at the long strip of fabric. It was richly coloured and had a sort of flowyness to it, not good to wear in a fight or hunt but elegant and appealing regardless. " I like loose clothing," the essentic mused. "Things that are comfortable and easy to move in." She wanted to be practical but bold, to make a statement. How to do this though was beyond Uzi, fashion and most things to do with clothing were still a mystery to her.

"Why don't you have one?" Uzi asked ignoring the rest of Zia's statement. She was the sort to latch onto one thing and devote most of her focus to it.

" I didn't need to be female" Uzi growled defensively " I chose it becuase it called to me." The predatory walks of females in heels, the way she listened to women on the street talk about men, dozens of small things she had seen individual and groups of females do had appealed to Uzi. Something about them and their behavior had resonated within the combat proto until she had chosen them.

Zia's comment frustrated her and the alter's ears lowered a bit. Being male or female may not be ones most important trait but the way the other spoke seemed to invalidate the purpose of bothering to choose at all. It was insulting and even though she respected Zia, Uzi didn't take well to insults.

Uzi eyed Zia suspiciously for a moment before making a non committal noise. She wasn't sure if she believed the other alter or not. The instinct to distance herself from others anytime she became uncomfortable or doubting of them was strong, the ability to find herself comfortable around others never having been all that strong to begin with.

" There is nothing wrong with you" Uzi declared finally " or Fao, Eli did not discuss gender with me either. You were just not meant to choose." The words were uncertain but offered in as much honesty as Uzi had. She was still slightly less trusting of Zia overall now, still somewhat stung by the way she;d reacted to his earlier comment but the other alter had not yet been shoved outside of her circle of people vs others.

Something shimmered in the depth's of the huntress's eyes and her entire body froze as she thought about this and tried to find the words to express what she meant. " Females interest me, there is something about them, the way they move and speak that declares them predators even more so than their male counterparts." Aside from perhaps her own enhanced self she had never met a better hunter than Eli and he was male but in her mind she was hesitant to call him a predator. He was her bonded and important to Uzi but he was also, different, he didn't stir the same thoughts in her mind as females did.

" Even female animals often showed a " she paused to find the word " crafty side one would not suspect from them. Males often had much more raw power" there was a rumble of approval at that " but observing them I felt no connection and more of a desire to compete with them. Females were admired though. I became what it was I believed was best matched to what I already was."