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It was the scent of the morning meal that drew Jacinthus from his sleep, causing him to make a grasping motion around where Takoda had been sleeping until recently before his eyes slid open, "Hrm...?" He wasn't there anymore? It was something that caused him to jerk upright, looking around in a confused manner, before he slid out of the hammock and walked to the edge of their tree bound house, looking down toward where the fire was located and sighed in relief. Good... he was still here he found himself thinking, worrying from time to time when he slept that when he woke the Healer would be gone again. He didn't just care for waking without him, "Good morning!" He called to Takoda before he moved to change into something cleaner, grabbing up his bow and quiver, just in case, and made his way down to the ground.

Jacin was still rubbing the sleep from his eyes went he set his weapon down, resting it against the base of the tree, then leaned over to press a kiss to Takoda's forehead, "Cooking for me? That's sweet of you." Such a wonderful mate he was he thought to himself, wanting to wrap himself around Takoda and never let go... though he knew full well that both of them had important jobs that wouldn't allow for such a thing. He doubted very highly that he could really go hunting and patrolling successfully with Takoda on his back after all. Sure, he'd try, but it wouldn't go as well as he would hope for it to go. Settling down next to him he looked at the crackling fire and asked in a curious manner, "What are you making?" Not as though it mattered. Jacin and his sister had eaten bugs in the past and found that they tasted well enough if you put the right seasonings on them. Nothing wasn't edible if prepared right and given they didn't always have the best options for food they went for whatever they could get.

Leaning against Takoda he said, "I bet it's not bug related, huh?" He asked, giving a bit of a grin. He knew Takoda didn't like them and doubted very highly that he would actually cook one. Fry it with fire magic, maybe, but definitely not cook.

Jacinthus couldn't help but to wrinkle his nose a little bit then shook his head, "That's alright, now that I have my bow I am able to get us far better tasting food, the sort that normally ran away from me when I was younger." It was pretty well impossible to catch an aldabuk with a stick after all so he and Keilana had been stuck dealing with strange meals, the large bugs from Jauhar being amongst those meals. The only upside to bugs being that they really didn't try to run away. Instead they just sort of stood their dumbly and let you whack them with a stick... regardless they no longer had to eat stuff like that, not that he really thought that Takoda would or could eat stuff like that given his fears.

Leaning in he sniffed at what it was that his mate was working on, giving a smile, "It smells good so I am sure it will taste just as good." He commented, then turned to look at him as he spoke of practicing with his fire magic and how he didn't want to accidentally set the pains or the forest ablaze. He blinked a couple times then chuckled, "Yeah, I doubt that would really go over well, would it? I am sure that it will be alright though, you seem good at the other magic that you use." It was something that was completely lost on Jacinthus, he'd never even felt the desire to attempt magic, understanding it about as much as he understood the need for pets. He'd leave both things to others he thought to himself before Takoda started to ask for help with something... then trailed off.

"Hrm? I will help you with anything you need, Takoda, you don't need to hesitate or anything." He told him, then added, "Not that I mind you asking for kisses too, those are nice." He wondered if it was really what Takoda wanted, probably not, but it still sounded nice. Wrapping an arm around him he pulled the Healer to him for a kiss. He'd let it slide for the moment, but once the kiss was done he'd figure out what it was that he really wanted.

Jacinthus found himself starring at Takoda as the other was suddenly asking him to show him how to... hunt? Now that was a request that he would normally be more then happy to agree to, loving hunting quite a bit, but when it came to Takoda he couldn't help but to wonder. What was with the sudden interest in hunting? Did he really want to start to use that magic of his to strike animals down? Didn't he know that would involve cleaning them, carving them up, and then laying out the hides to dry and as well as the meat? There was a lot of hands on, bloody work that went along with hunting making him wonder if perhaps Takoda didn't quite know what it was that he would be getting himself into. Not to mention that just the mere idea of hunting seemed to leave Takoda with a rather queasy look on his face...

"Takoda... while I wouldn't really mind teaching you how to hunt something tells me the moment you need to clean it that you are going to lose your breakfast." He said, reaching a hand up to ruffle his hair, "If this is because you want to contribute to the family you shouldn't worry, you already do more then enough for us." He said in what he hoped would be a reassuring tone of voice. The last thing that he wanted was for Takoda to think that he wasn't doing enough for them, the mere fact that he was a Healer was more then enough for their small family as well as the village that they lived in. Healers were always well loved and in great demand after all, so Takoda's appearance was a fortuitous one indeed.

After a moment he gave pause, looked around, and asked, "Has Keilana been teasing you again?" He suddenly asked, wondering if his sister had said something to Takoda to put him in such a mood. It was altogether possible and not something he liked the sound of, wanting the pair to get along with each other instead of arguing and being at odds.

Jacinthus blinked a couple times as Takoda claimed that he hadn't seen Keilana and he gave a nod of his head, "Nor have I now that you mention it... if she is off galavanting in the forest again getting drunk and tossing her hammer out of trees I am going to be forced to kick her in the rear end." He said, looking around for a moment, pushing to his feet as he looked for any signs that Keilana had been about recently. Takoda had gotten up before him and said that he hadn't seen her... meaning that she must have been up and left before the Healer woke. He could hope that she was off visiting that perky friend of hers but what if she had wandered off again? The last thing he wanted was for her to go off drinking and sulking again... Eesh, but she was being rather difficult and dodgy of late.

Turning to look over at his lover as the man claimed that Keilana had been very nice the last few months and he couldn't help but to stare at him, almost certain that something was up now. Keilana wasn't like that friend of hers, wasn't a sugar high, sweet thing. She was the sort that yelled, screamed, and swung a hammer about to get what she wanted. Meaning that if she was being sweet she was up to something, "Is that so? What else has she been up to that I haven't noticed, Takoda?" He asked of the Healer, taking a step closer to him now, a curious tone in his voice.

"Warming up? Huh... Well, that would be nice." He said, giving little nod of his head. He really did want for his sister to just get along with Takoda since it the Shifter was going to be living with them from now on. The idea that they might be warming up to one another, it was a good thing. It meant that there would be a possible peace, something that he'd missed. He gave a happy sort of smile, "I think it would be great if she is warming up to you." Though that still didn't explain Takoda's sudden interest in hunting... so what was it that... he might... wait...

He turned to stare at Takoda as he went from one comment about 'doubting Keilana would drink in her condition' to stammering about how she would surely have learned her lesson and went to her friends house. He starred for a long moment before he hurried forward, catching Takoda around the waist, dragging him backwards so that Takoda's back was against his chest. He held onto him a moment, resting his head on his shoulder, then said in as calm a voice as he could muster, "Takoda. What condition are you talking about?" A part of him wanted to hear that Keilana was sick... but then he didn't want to hear she was sick, he didn't want her sick, but the most obvious condition, that one didn't make any sense at all so surely it wasn't that... right?

"What is it that the two of you are hiding from me?"

Were Jacinthus in a better mood he might have laughed at Takoda's halfhearted, wiggling attempts to escape his grasp given how cute it was. His mood wouldn't allow laughter though, instead just starring down at the Healer who seemed to know far more about Keilana at the moment then he did and that was something that didn't quite sit well with the Hunter. Little Kei was his sister after all, she should be coming to him if she had some sort of problem! Though... well, he supposed that if she was sick it would be smarter for her to go to a healer... though at the same time he couldn't say that he would have been able to do anything but bring her to see Takoda, but still! He should have been told!

"Well, now I can't help but to worry so she seems to have failed when it comes to not worrying me." He told Takoda, listening to what he was saying about how she'd be fine in a couple months, that he'd been giving her medicine. The fact that she would get better, that seemed to make him relax just a bit... though he went tense again when he was told that Keilana begged Takoda not to tell Jacin. That wasn't something he wanted to hear, not when it came to his sister's health! He gritted his teeth, "Of course I am angry with her for going off and getting sick! She shouldn't have been doing anything stupid enough that would get her sick!" He complained, wanting to find a halter and leash, wanting to tie Kei to their tree to keep from wandering off again... though it seemed it was too late given she was missing once more.

He was about to complain about that when Takoda asked him a question he didn't want to hear, mostly because it went from 'just being sick' to what sort of 'sick' Keilana was. There was no other reason that he would ask such a question after all, "So who was it?" He found himself asking, "Who do I have to murder for doing such a thing to my sister?" As far as he knew Keilana wasn't interested in anyone in particular, as such it had to be that person's idea, something he'd would fill them with arrows for!

"If this was something planned or desired she'd of at least let on that there was someone that she had interest in. It's far from that, why else would she hide it from me?" He said, none to pleased to find out that it was kept from him and only from him. Why would she tell Takoda? She didn't even like Takoda but she would tell him and not her own brother? That was yet another clue that it was someone that she didn't like or someone he forced this all upon her. All the more reason for him to hunt that person down and deal with them he thought to himself darkly. The very last thing he wanted was for his sister to get hurt and someone had done just that... Jacinthus would make them pay dearly.

The hunter set to pacing back and forth in an unhappy manner, grumbling all the while. Damn it but the morning had started out so nice he thought to himself and now it was as far from nice as it could possibly be. When Takoda explained that he didn't know who it was either, and that Jacin should give her a chance to explain herself, he nodded, "Oh, I will. She will get her chance and then she is never leaving this place again! If she is in such a condition the last thing she needs is to be gallivanting about! What if something happened?" She should just... just... be good for once and stay home he thought to himself, his pacing increasing.

The question now how to get her to stay home. Telling her to be a 'good pregnant woman' and 'stay home' would likely get him smacked in the face with a hammer after all. So how to get her to do just that? Surely she must know that at a time like this she should stay home, be relaxed and calm, and let him do the work, right? Well, more like let the father do the work but since his worthless a** wasn't about then that meant Jacin would have to pick up the slack.