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Malen laughed softly she must have been distracted when he'd mentioned it the other day " I'm a bounty hunter. i go out and track down dangerous criminal for rewards. it's not the most pleasant of job but it has to be done, and on occasion i end up with a good story to tell afterwards. I'm a different person when i work cold and ruthless because sometimes i feel the need to understand my quarry in order to catch them. like all jobs it's got it's up and down sometimes i get huge rewards and life great other times nothing comes in for months and i live off my savings wondering if I'm going to have to sell my comic collection for groceries." Malen proffered to keep talk of his job lighthearted, too many relationships had been destroyed when he'd tried to explain the reasoning behind why he hunted down and sometimes killed other people.

It was Malen's turn to blush, he hadn't meant to imply that he was often on the verge of starving or anything. On occasion he'd gone without food for a few days before breaking down and borrowing some money from Talon and on the one occasion parting with his limited edition copy of Uncanny X Men#266 the first appearance of Gambit. " Um well if you truly don't mind and you don't think Coailiann will object I'd love to live with you. I can pay some form of rent and cook so you don't have to rely on your fridge all the time." Malen was somewhat in shock even he hadn't expected thigns to move so fast and though she liked him Ianna to be willing to house him.

Malen laughed " yes good wholesome really cooked food , put some meat on you before you turn to skin and bones." though Ianna was in no way underweight it amused Malen to tease her a bit and he knew all women appreciated comments like that. " I think it should be Coailiann's choice whether she wants to share the nursery or not, after all she was there first and the last thing we need is her and Kinship fighting." Talking to Ianna whenever he wanted would also be great they cold complain to each other about their days at work and maybe if she trusted him he could help her run the shop so she didn't always seem so tired.

Malen got himself back on dry land and wrung out his braid over the fountain,he'd long since learned he was prone to getting sick when his hair got damp. Smiling at Ianna he swiftly scooped her into her arms as he had in the fountain. "I am a cute and convenient mode of transportation when so inclined" he said before kissing the top of her head. " And you'd might as well stay as clothes as you are until you're dry or there's really no point in putting on that dress so shall we go attend to the waking beauty?."

Malen shrugged " Who can blame me, your a cute woman and you look just as good out of the dress as you do in it." Truthfully Malen thought Ianna beautiful no matter what she wore, he did wonder however how Coailiann was going to react to seeing them like that, not that she'd understand what was going on.

Malen laughed " What's her favorite Granny smith, Red delicious or Mackintosh" he asked naming off three of the more popular types of apples. " As a sidhe does she prefer to eat fruit to most other foods?" Now that he was going to be living with them Malen wanted to learn as much about both Ianna and Coailiann as soon as possible.

Malen who'd doubled back to retrieve Kinship's wand smiled at the site " Tsk tsk apples at least you should be able to do on your own ." he teased." As for pretzels i love them too, soft pretzels with mustard are great treats at amusement parks". Malen who was often sent on school field trips as a volunteer for another neighborhood parent loved the yearly trips to amusement parks and the often spoiled himself on those days.

Malen grinned at her "Ok I'll be nice, it's just odd for me to see such a thing it leaves me feeling i dunno replaceable like the art of cooking could be lost to a magical item the same way many people have lost the skill to write because we have computers". Malen didn't hate technology or magic especially since he did use it often in his job but he worried that sometimes humanity relied on it as bit too much for their oen good. Though, in Ianna's case what with running around after wands all the time she likely didn't have time to cook or learn too.

He thought about her question for a moment " I could go for a root beer float and a tuna fish sandwich." he replied naming off a favored semi healthy treat.