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It was a yelling voice that drew Lixes's attention and he jerked himself up right, looking from side to side before he glanced toward the radaku that was laying near to him. Pushing up to his feet he grabbed up his hammer and said, "Come on, Pyre! Someone is in need of saving and we have to go and help them!" A declaration that had the radaku starring at him before giving a huge yawn. Lixes gave a mock pout, "You can stay here if you would rather but I am gonna go ahead!"

The moment that he started forward, racing toward the yelling voice, trying not to look excited as he felt at the moment. He knew that he shouldn't be as happy as he was when moments to act the part of the hero came up, but he couldn't help it! He just wanted to be able to help people and today had been such a painfully slow day as far as heroics went. Whatever had happened to caused the voice to need help was a Godsend! Aisha was obviously on his side in this... or maybe it was Chi? He'd take the help from any Goddess that felt like helping him out so long as it meant he wouldn't have to sit still anymore.

Lixes hopped along a couple branches then started forward again... only to nearly have a kipepwa crash into him. He flailed his arms for a moment to keep himself up right while Pyre gave a snarl, snapping his teeth at the creature in its attempts to protect Lixes from the creature. A moment later a maglardilla appeared and it was able to finally given him that extra nudge he needed to fall backwards, landing in a tangle of roots in a very unheroic manner. Giving a little grumble he muttered to himself, "Why is it always maglardilla, Pyre?" Every time...

Lixes looked up at the one that he had been attempting to help, at least he guessed so given that the voices matched, before he set to work dragging himself to his feet. That was rather embarrassing, wasn't it? Here he'd thought that he was going to rush in and help but as per usual he got himself in trouble due to a maglardilla. He was starting to think that those particular insects had it out for him or something. What a pain! Giving a little smile as he worked on dusting himself off he said, "I'm fine! Not the first time that I've fallen and I am sure that it won't be the last, thus is the trials of a hero."

Leaning over he scooped up his hammer once more, lifting it up to rest on his shoulder, before he glanced at the one in front of him. It would appear as though she too were carrying a hammer? Something that caused his mismatched eyes to brighten before he said, "Cool! You're a hero too then? That's great!" Though if she was did that mean that she wasn't going to require his help? He tended to help where damsels in distress were concerned and given she had a hammer of her own surely she was no damsel... right? He didn't think so at least.

"Does this mean you don't need help then?" That was a shame, here he'd though he finally found something to do. Here was to hoping that it wasn't the case and she had a whole army of danger standing between her and whatever she was doing. At least that way he might be able to help.

"No?" He looked confused, as though the idea that someone wielding a hammer might not be a hero had never even once occurred to him. How could she not be a hero? Heroes used hammers after all! Something he only knew because his bigger, Alkidike father wielded a hammer and he was a hero! It was the very reason why Lixes had taken up the same weapon, his desire to follow in his father's rather large footsteps. A shame that he didn't get his height like Drexl had.

As the girl turned toward the bug that she was after, telling him about what was going on and what needed to be done he was suddenly scrambling closer, his eyes going wide, "Ah! Hey, look at that! You're part Alkidike, too?" He asked, sounding rather excited. Here he'd thought that she was a Shifter only but in just the right light he was able to see those markings that she had and he couldn't help but to get rather excited about the prospect that he'd found someone that had at least two things in common with him. She might not be a hero now but maybe he could get to join the heroic side? Though that might involve getting the necklace back first?

Turning toward the thieving kipepwa he said, "We will have to hunt that thing down! After that we should definitely talk! Pyre! Go get the kipepwa! You can do it!" He said, encouraging the fiery colored radaku who gave a little huffing sound before turning to chase after the creature at Lixes's behest.

"One eighth?" Lixes's head cocked to one side as he tried to do the math for a moment, "So... that would be like... if one of my brothers or I were to have a kid with someone without any Alkidike blood." He said that half to himself, then nodded, "Cool! I noticed your marks when you turned, they look really neat!" They were far more decorative then those that he and his brothers had, and it was something that Lixes found to be pretty interesting. To the point that he didn't even seem to notice that she'd been a breath away from hitting him with a hammer.

Lixes gave a smile and said, "I am sure that Pyre will be careful. He was trained initially to be a babysitter for my brothers and I when we were younglings after all." He could fight if the need arose, to keep other safe, but otherwise he seemed to have a fine touch. Here was to hoping he didn't accidentally mess up the necklace while taking down the kipepwa though. He didn't think it would happen... or at least he sure hoped that wouldn't be the case.

As the radaku jumped up at the kipepwa, catching it with his mouth, Lixes went tense for a moment, then sighed in relief, "I think the necklace should be aright since he caught it by the middle?" Please, Mother Aisha let it be so he thought to himself on the inside before he walked toward Pyre, eager to see if all had gone right. Last thing he wanted to do was for Pyre and himself to fail at helping out the hammer wielding damsel.

Lixes moved closer to see how things were going and when it seemed as though the necklace was safe he breathed a sigh of relief. He'd been a bit worried that the necklace might come to harm but it seemed as though Pyre had grabbed the kipepwa just right and saved the necklace from being carried off as well as saved it from harm. Reaching a hand out he patted Pyre on the head, "You're a good boy, Pyre, good job! I'm really impressed with how you caught that thing out of the air like that!" He praised the beast.

Pyre glanced up at Lixes, tail swishing slowly, before he finally spat out the kipepwa. It seemed that he'd waited until after the necklace had been retrieved before allowing it to fly off again as he settled down alongside Lixes, nuzzling against his hand for more attention. Something that Lixes was only too happy to do as the Shifter girl set to putting the necklace back on.

"It's a neat looking necklace. Something from your boyfriend?" That was what girls liked, right? Presents from boys? Not that Lixes really knew for certain. He was the sort that saved damsels in distress but he didn't really date any of them. He was far too busy with his hero work after all! He'd leave that sort of think to Drexl.

Lixes went a bit wide eyed at the comment and found himself asking, "Your friend disappeared?" Was he still missing? Had he passed away? Was that why she was so attached to the necklace, because he had gone missing and never came back? t was such a sad story! One that made him want nothing more then to give her a hug and tell her that it would be fine! Before he could really do anything though she was picking up her weapon before calling for the maglardilla to go with her. Wait, she was leaving?! Already? She'd said thank you and now it seemed that she was on her way.

He took a couple steps after her and asked, "You're going already? In a hurry, huh?" Pyre gave a grumbling sound before stepping forward to catch hold of Lixes by the pant leg, as though to keep him from wandering after the young woman if she was leaving. Normally he saved people then went on his way, they should be doing that... or so the tugging on his pants seemed to imply.

One could almost see the gears in Lixes's head slowly turning, grinding more like, before they seemed to kick into gear and everything so of made sense. Giving a little nod of his head he said, "Ahh... I see." To a degree at least. So her friend had been a slave and it wasn't so much that he disappeared as much as he had escaped? That sounded like it was a good thing though he could see why the necklace meant so much to her. It made him that much happier that nothing had happened to it under her watch.

"Eh? Hunting? Gotcha." Alright, so she was busy then and had only stopped because she'd been waylaid by the kipepwa? That much have been a pretty big bother, huh? Getting bothered by a thieving kipepwa when she had to get other, more important things done must have been a pain.

"Eh? Oh! Yeah, yeah... that makes sense." She had to be going and now that she had her necklace she had no real reason to hang out with him, did she? As she asked if he were expecting something in return he gave a rapid shake of his head, "Of course not! Heroes help people because its the right thing to do, not because they want something in return. If you ask for things in return you're not a hero, you're a mercenary!" At least that was the way he saw it.