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Katori was finally home. The young woman yawned as she spotted the familiar shape of her family's manor nestled along the edges of Zena. How long had she been traveling now? Six months this time? Her ride alone from Sauti into Zena had felt like years instead of one day. She was definitely beat and ready to nap. "I probably should set you up with some food too, Star." Murmured Katori as she patted the horned beast's velvety neck. No one said she was the most creative with names but at least the specks along his pelt did remind one of stars.

Katori arrived at the entrance in time to hear some hissing and the mage tilted her head thoughtfully as she listened again. What was this? A small smile crossed her lips as she walked forward until she was leaning over her younger cousin to look at the sermal. "Such an accusation. Is he really being that bad?" She teased lightly as she looked back down towards Teagan.

A grin crossed Katori's lips as her cousin clung to her and the mage quickly shifted her position so that she could hug Teagan and not lose her balance. "Aww. I've had my fair share of that. " She commented with amusement as she thought of her own personal experiences with animals and earthlings both. "Maybe..." Katori pursed her lips teasingly as she glanced at the sermal. "He might be too vicious even for me." She started before glancing around. Did they have treats maybe to entice him? She could pick him up but he definitely wouldn't be able happy camper.

"Well we'll see what I can do." Promised Katori with a small smile. Her playful expression shifted as she became more somber and gave a nod after listening to Teagan. "Well sometimes even if it doesn't make sense the fear that others feel make them do irrational things." She began quietly before turning and searching through some nearby shelves. "Since he's injured it's more likely that he's just wary of being harmed again. You have good intentions but building trust to prove that is tough when the other party has already been hurt so much before." Katori stood on her tiptoes and managed to knock down a small bag into her hands. It was nice knowing her mother still kept things around in the same places. Katori untied the strings so that she could peek inside. "Perfect."

Crossing back towards Teagan, Katori handed over the bag of treats. "You may not be able to build trust right away but maybe you can entice him to move after these?"

Katori let out a soft sigh. "I see." She murmured quietly as she crouched down and studied the sermal. "Maybe food got it into this mess." Hunters did tend to leave nasty traps especially for a sermal who was wandering too close to any herds or villages. The hybrid studied the defensive feline, her silver gaze gentle as she stared back at the snarling creature. When its amber gaze snapped towards her own the mage quickly averted her gaze before speaking towards Teagan. "So hissing may mean he's feeling uncomfortable with us because he's nervous and scared." A small smile crossed her lips as she looked directly towards the youngling. "Hard to believe, right?" Such a huge scary beast with such sharp fangs and claws was actually afraid of them? Who would have expected it?

She sucked in the corner of her lip, her teeth biting along the inside thoughtfully as she considered their options. There was no way that she would have Teagan try to move the sermal out nor could she drag the feline around without risking a fight herself. "If we don't try to look aggressive then we have to keep our gazes averted. Tossing food may seem more like an attack when we could be leaving it around instead." She offered finally before slowly slinking forward, the growling increasing from the sermal though it thankfully stayed back up against the corner, and a few treats slipped from her fingers along the stall before she calmly backed up some more. When Katori left the stall she closed the door part way and motioned for Teagan to follow her. "Now we wait and see if he is brave enough to try the food while we're not watching." Maybe he would venture out and follow the trail of treats into the other stall once he had enough time to adjust?

A chuckle escaped Katori. "I can believe your Papa would say such a thing." Her uncle was such a silly man sometimes that it was hard to envision him as a strong mystic. Katori could only shake her head in amusement as she imagined him saying such a thing. "I'm sure your Papa just has a fear of most females in our family which is a smart move on his part." Between his wife and her mother....well Katori was surprised he had survived all the way until now indeed. Apparently most of the men in the family had to be careful since they had such strong and intimidating women in their lives.

Katori simply patted the ground next to her to invite Teagan to sit down. "It might take a bit. We just have to really practice our patience here and listen for him." She leaned against the stall and closed her eyes for a moment, simply listening for the sermal to move around. There was a rustling in the hay and a slight munching sound before more silence again. Eventually she'd hear another rustling sound and a small smile crossed her lips. "Soon." She whispered towards Teagan as her gaze slowly lifted to peek around the corner.

"I think so too." Agreed Katori with a quiet chuckle, her hand drifting up towards her lips to try and muffle the noise as more crunching ensued. It appeared mister sermal was more hunger than frightened at this point and she just hoped he continued going all the way into the other stall so that they could quietly shut the door behind him. "Just a bit more and then you'll have to sneak and close that behind him." She whispered towards Teagan as one tentative paw emerged from the current stall. Soon enough the full sermal would appear and upon spotting more of the treats he would slowly crouch down and dart forward to sweep it up with a paw and into his mouth. Katori grinned as he started to look around, his gaze darting about before landing on the final piece that was in the center of the other stall.

And there we go~

A laugh escaped Katori's lips as she watched the scene with Teagan and the sermal. The poor thing probably was all floofed from the surprise! At least he wasn't hurt so hopefully he wouldn't hold it against them that they had tricked him into another stall. "It did." She finally managed with a grin. "Now all you have to do is visit him with his food every day until he forgives you for it." The mage teased with a wink before shifting so that she could stand again. She pursed her lips as if pondering her response before finally giving in with a nod. "Sure."

"It was good but not too terribly exciting this time. I brought back a couple of capramel that a Sauti herder didn't have much hopes for. I'm hoping they recover quickly so we can get some fresh milk for the winter months." Mused Katori as she glanced about thoughtfully. "How are things holding up here? I'm surprised I caught you before your parents whisked away to some other part of Tendaji again." She did enjoy teasing them about how they seemed to drift in and out of the sanctuary. Though that seemed to be the whole family thing with everyone coming and going, including even her and Taaru, while their mother seemed to be the only constant in the place nowadays.