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Lixes turned his head, looking around, a bit of a confused look on his head, "Huh?" Had someone just yelled at him to stop it? No, that couldn't be, he wasn't really doing all that much. He was just sort of running along, hopping from branch to branch. He was going through another growth spurt, leaving the boy with long, lanky limbs, and he was trying to get used to it. It seemed to happen every time he had one of these spurts, leaving him certain that one day he was going to be the size of his father Yaholo. Hurrying along once more he hopped along... then came to a stop when the voice yelled out once more to 'go away' and 'leave her alone'.

Turning around from side to side he said, "What is that? You see anything Pyre?" He called to the brightly colored radaku that was following along after him. The creature gave a growl, tail swishing, before hurrying forward to leave Lixes along. Giving a shrug he headed after him, taking the branches while Pyre rushed along the roots.

As they arrived on the scene he found himself starring, spotting some younglings picking on another one who was up a tree. On the ground, growling away, was another radaku who seemed to be on the girl's side... and Pyre seemed to be heading that way, to aid his fellow beast. Leaving it to him he hurried forward, across the branches, and jumped across to land on a branch above the brightly colored girl. Squatting down on the branch he leaned over and gave the spider a flick, doing his best to aim it so it would land on the kids below. Given that they were younglings he couldn't really do much more then try to save the girl from them. A shame they were older, he could punch them... though that wasn't very heroic? Instead he should just scoop her up and make his escape, right? Maybe, hard to say since he was still new at the whole hero thing.

"Yes! Perfect shot!" Lixes declared when the spider he'd given a flick landed on one of the brats down below. He couldn't do anything personally but it seemed that he could trust the spider to take care of things for him. He squatted down on the branch, watching the little hoodlums with his mismatched eyes as they seemed to give up, deciding that they were going to abandon their current task of picking on the bright blue girl and went racing off, "Hey! Pyre, don't worry about them!" He called to the radaku that seemed tempted to give chase. They were leaving, that was what mattered, no reason to chase them further and risk getting into trouble.

His eyes then went to the girl a branch below him who seemed to be slipping, "Uh-oh!" Lixes was quick to reach down, trying to catch hold of her, not wanting her to fall and get hurt. It wasn't a huge drop but still, what if she landed on her head? He wasn't able to get her hand, which would have been more useful, but he was at least able to catch her by the ankle, "Hey, you alright? Should I pull you up to where I am or lower you to the ground?" He wasn't really certain that he could do the former thing, he wasn't as muscular as his day yet, but he would at least try! If he failed he could always lower her down and either Pyre or the other one could help to catch her.

Lixes did his best not to sigh in relief when the girl said that she wanted to go down to the ground instead of back up. It was more easily accomplished meaning he wouldn't look like a failure of a hero. Instead he was able to look like a real one! Giving a smile he said, "Alright, down it is." With that he was careful to lower her down toward the ground, pausing when he saw the other radaku had decided to turn on him, something that instantly had Pyre growling as well, "If that one is yours, little blue girl, can you ask it to calm down? I don't want our radaku getting in a brawl for no reason." He asked of her. The last thing they needed was bloodshed when thing seemed to be going well enough.

Once the girl was close enough to the ground he released her, allowing her to fall into a pile of fallen leaves that had accumulated under the tree, "You alright down there?" He called to her, deciding that he'd remain in the tree for now, at least until the other radaku decided that Lixes wasn't dinner. So much for looking heroic, hard to do so when one was cowering in a tree... he'd have to try harder next time.

Lixes watched the other radaku closely before he made his way down the tree, going to squat down next to Pyre, giving him a scratch under the chin, "You did a good job, Pyre, yes you did!" He praised the brightly colored radaku. The beast tended to follow Lixes every time he wandered off, trained to protect the blond boy and his brothers. It was nice to see that he'd help protect others as well if the need arose... though he did have to wonder if Pyre was even helping protect the blue girl. It was eiter that or he was merely chasing those kids away from Lixes on principle. Either way it had all worked out in the end.

Turning his mismatched eyes to look at Masika he gave her a smile, "I'm glad to see that you're alright. No bumps or bruises? No spider bites?" Best to make sure that she didn't need to be brought to a healer or something he thought to himself. If she was alright then he would probably consider bringing her back to... well, wherever she belonged. Surely she didn't live out here alone, just her and a radaku? At least he really hoped not... otherwise he wasn't sure what he should do with her then. He'd probably have to ask Drexl given his older brother was a lot smarter then he was. If anyone knew the answer to a difficult problem it would be his brother.

Good that she was doing well he thought to himself before he pushed up to his feet, brushing himself off, "I'm glad that you're alright!" Sure, small spiders weren't too bad, but what if the spider the boys had been messing with was a baby menzuri or something? Probably best that they were more careful so that they could avoid being eaten by something that terrifying he thought to hismelf idly. If they had riled up some of those particular creatures Lixes wasn't sure what he might have done since he was empty handed. He really did need to get his hands on a weapon sooner then later... though it might difficult talking his parents into such a thing. Maybe if he approached them with the idea with Drexl at his side?

Giving a smile as the girl thanked him for the rescue he said, "Don't worry about it, it's all in a day's work for a hero! Erm... well, hero in training at least." He wasn't a hero yet, but one day he would be! Crossing his arms behind his head, giving a bright smile, Lixes said, "My name is Lixes! What about you, blue girl? What's your name?"

"It's nice to meet you, Masika, all things considered." He said, giving a bit of a laugh. It might have met her when she wasn't hiding in a tree from some bullies but no matter, at least they'd been able to meet which was, in his mind at least, a lot of fun!

Giving a shake of his head Lixes looked himself over then said, "No, not half. I am a mix of things, but Alkidike is one of them. I am a quarter that." He looked at the marks that he bore upon his skin, the main thing about him that said 'Alkidike' as he lacked the more obvious qualities of the group. He didn't mind though, he knew what he was and that was what mattered most. Giving a smile Lixes asked, "So your mother is an Alkidike then? That's cool, one of my fathers is half, which is where I get my Alk blood from. What's your other parent like?"

What made her all bright and blue like that? It was such a neat color he couldn't help but to wonder since none of the hybrid friends he'd made thus far were so blue, not even the boy Nim that he'd met ages ago.

One of the blond boy's hands moved to touch one of the marks that he bore upon his arm, starring at it for a moment, before he said, "Its what really marks me as having some Alk blood, but kind of the only thing. So you noticing is pretty impressive." He had to admit that the girl was pretty sharp for a youngling, which impressed him. If she were a bit older he'd invite her to join the 'adventure group' that he was putting together. Thus far it consisted of his brother Drexl, their friends Jerami and Arron, and Lixes himself. A small group, which meant they could use more members, but she was still kind of little for that yet.

"From the water? Oh! A Water Tribesman? That's fun!" Lixes had yet to really have any involvement with one of them before so meeting a girl who was even half water was fun in his mind. He'd definitely have to keep an eye out now, if her father was around then surely that meant other Water Tribe members were around too, right? Maybe he'd run into some himself sometime!