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Sanele sat at her camp and fixed her torn sandles while she waited for her lunch to finish cooking. Her new teacher had been leaving her on her own more and more lately, letting her stumble and fail and learn on her own while he sat by and cackled. It was so irritating! She wasn't ready to fight Janarim! She just wanted to train them! Or capture them... but he only had few pieces of advice and only after she tried something and failed. Like this latest one; he'd just asked her what she'd done wrong instead of pointing it out! Mind you the method was working and she was getting better,... but it was just so irritating!

So here she was, in the middle of no where, and wanting to talk to someone other than her crazy teacher.

Sanele Looked up when she heard something approaching. It was too loud to be an animal but she still reached for her whip... a person out in the wilderness could be a danger too! She raised an eyebrow at the blunt request.

"I do.. but not enough to share." She responded. "Not with someone who just barges in like that at least." She eyed the matori girl; was this a trap or did the girl really need water?

"You got a name girl?" She didn't mind company to be honest.. unless it was by someone who was going to try and guilt her based on the fact she was oban and her people had enslaved the matori. She'd met matorians like that... and it pissed her off as much as the nobles did. It wasn't like she or her family ever had slaves! That required wealth which they'd never had.

Sanele chuckled; "Forgettin' your manners? I'd say!" She was rather amused by it.. and respected the matori girl for being so confident and upfront with one who had subjugated her race (not that Sanele or her family ever had slaves but still.. no way for this girl to know!)

"Sanele's my name and this is Czar." She pointed her thumb at the perzi sleeping half buried int he desert sand behind her. "Go ahead and sit.. I'll share some with you but it ain't going to be much! Not much of a wilderness girl and no real knowledge of hunting so.. is gonna be some simple stew." She was a city girl but she was learning how to hunt... mostly from stealing from the janarim kills actually! She found it rather amusing though less so when a janarim was chasing her away from its kill!

"Out learning." She made an icky face. "Boss decided it'd be good for me to learn about janarim for some reason... I'd rather be learning more about xaraan." She sighed; janarim were annoying! Give her the sleek speed of a Xaraan any day! "What about you? SHe was warming a bit up.. the girl had a splunky attitude! Sanele always liked that in a person.

Sanele laughed at the others open honesty.

"Well.. iffn you want to go to Matori you're in the wrong area for it! Head south... you're closer to Tale than Matori right now! And I agree with you.. I'd rather be back at the farm helping with the Xaraan and racing... but boss says I gotta so I gotta." She scrunched up her nose as she handed the other a bowl of stew. "I'm a city girl.. not someone who's used to being out here all day long! I like my baths and bed... And nah.. This is the farthest I've been from home myself."

Of course she had plans to travel! She was going to head to the furthest northern land, that ZZena place the interesting Kyelt had come from, to tame things and bring them back! If she got enough she cold make a farm here and sell them for ridiculous prices before the other hunters got there. She was mostly aiming for fame in racing, and a xaraan farm of her own.. but a small side business of breeidng exotic animals sounded interesting and lucrative! Both things Sanelel loved.

"If you're trying to get to Matori why head this way? Or were you enslaved further north on the edges of Oba?" Sanele had no issues or embarrassment towards what her people had done. It happened.. it was disgusting if you asked her, but it'd happened. No sense in trying to hide it!

"Thanks. We all took turns at allt he chores back home. I rather liked cooking; its better than cleaning!" Sanele said in an amused tone. Mostly since she had to clean up after animals all day she didn't like having to go home and clean up after her siblings! She couldn't wait some times till she got her own place.. but she knew she'd miss her family and neighbors.

"You stuck with your old master?" Sanele looked a bit shocked. "I thought life was all doom, gloom,and pain for your type in our cities!" Matori didn't live on her street; slaves meant you had to have money to buy and support them! And no one near her had that amount of free cash. "Capitol ain't so bad... its where the jobs are frankly. And as for racing..." She laughed.

"Racing is done in the cities! Training and breeding em is done out in the boonies but racing is where people can see, cheer you on, pay for your beers after the race!" Her red eyes gleamed happily. "I grew up watching the big time races.... we'd scrape together as a family till we could pay for one race a week; but no matter what we went and cheered on our racers. Supported our favorites... " She smiled nostalgically. And now? Now she was the one racing! Small time races to be sure.. but one day. one day she'd race int eh big races and win! Then she'd retire after a while and have her own farm and breed her beloved xaraan and train them.

Sanele made a disgusted face; "Useless people! Best thing to ever happen to those lazy rich bastards was loosing that war!" Sanele didn't think much of people who relied upon others to do the very basics; everyone should know how to cook, clean, and dress themselves. If you couldn't upkeep something like your own clothing or hair by yourself you obviously didn't need them! "I'd say get outta there as fast as possible; sounds like that guy is just paying you as little as possible to keep you as you were.

She grinned at the good wishes; "I got lucky. My warrior sis came back with a husband from the war. His family own and runs a Xaraan farm... managed to worm my way in and now I'm learning how to run a Xaraan ranch and race as well! But I would have gotten in later in life anyways.. Or do what I am doing now: learning in the wild how to capture animals. Probably wouldn't have lead to a racing career like my life has now, but I would still be working with Xaraan!" She put her bowl down and leaned back to relax against her rolled up bedroll.

"I'm racing in the smaller races.. not the big stage like I want.. but that'll come in time."Her eyes gleamed and she grinned savagely. "I ain't letting the pampered merchant and noble brats keep my from winning races and earning my way into the big time races!" They had money nad more time to practice than she did.... but she had her drive and stubbornness to keep her going. Plus she had a good xaraan to race with now! She was certain she'd win and make her way into the big stage this year!

Sanele nodded in approval: here was a fellow hard worker who was working towards a dream! "It'll come.... I wouldn't have been hired despite the in law connection if I hadn't worked hard and proven myself. Might take a while but hard work will make it come true." There would be set backs, side trips.. but Sanele always believed if you focused and worked hard you could achieve anything! Look at what she'd managed to do! From poor slum kid to a xaraan ranch worker and xaraan racer! And now she was becoming a tamer of wild beasts and soon she'd own her own farm! One day, after she made enough money from racing or training.

"It ain't easy being poor... hunger's never a cozy friend. My family had to work hard to keep the house warm and food on the table." Sanele made a face. Not all obans were wealthy and had cushy lives!

Her friendly feeling vanished rather quickly at the mention of "fast hands." Oh she knew what that meant...
"I don't need stolen goods." She growled. "I can make it on my own without taking from others! People worked hard for those xaraans and stealing ain't doing them nor yourself a favor! First off: Xaraan don't follow just anybody. They're loyal. You'd lose a hand for doing so.. and a Matorian getting caught stealing? Ain't no soft sentence for you girl... Best you toss ideas of theft out of your mind and focus on legal ways to get money. Ways that don't get you killed or tossed in jail."

She knew of thieves and stuff like that: the poor often were reduced to theft to keep themselves fed. It never ended well from what she saw. All you did was take from those who couldn't afford it really: unless you were really good and could get by the guards the rich had! She disliked the idea intensely: theft was simply taking others hard work! Not working hard yourself!

Sanele eyed the other then shrugged. Solari probably knew about the dangers already! And it wasn't her place to lecture her.

"Just cause others do it doesn't mean you should. I do things my way;: with hard work and effort. That way at the end of the day I can be proud of what I achieved without resorting to less honorable ways. Not that I'm above using dirty tactics against those who try to cheat me... But I don't do it first. Leaves a bad after taste."

She waited a bit and ate since the food was cooled. "So other than theft you do anything? Cause there's not much to steal out here." Why was someone who was a thief.. or had tendencies towards stealing, out in the wilderness?