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Siofra stayed close to her brother as they were at the marketplace. After looking around at all the people she frowned before turning to him and bringing her hands up to be in front of her. That was an indication that she was getting ready to sign to him.

'Where are we going to look for a gift?' She signed for him. Sio was confident that her brother would be able to understand her even if she went a little fast. He was usually the one that interpreted for her anyways.

Sio missed, or rather ignored, her brother puffing up his chest at people. It was too common a thing for him to do for her to find it weird or even alarming. If he'd had some other reaction then she might have been concerned. Instead she thought about his question before moving her hands again. 'Grandma.' Was the simple answer.

She wanted to get something for Phaedra. She was their Grandma that they were allowed to see without restrictions since it wouldn't be weird for her to spend time with them. Since Dovian and Thea were Phae's children then it wasn't odd for her to be around Siofa or Arkadios.

'What do you think Grandma will like?'

Something for cooking made sense. Their Grandma always made the best food. Snacks. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. It didn't matter. If her hands had any part of it the food was amazing. Years of practice, the woman always said, and feeding their Grandpa. Sio brought her right hand up to her mouth and tapped a finger against her lips in thought. Her eyes were cast to the side as she thought more about what her brother said. Something just for their Grandma.

A thought struck her and she looked back at Ari. Her hands went back to signing. 'What about a...' Her little hands paused. While Siofra was good at signing she sometimes didn't know or forgot how to signal a certain word. Or she got too excited and her hands got jumbled. In this case she had forgotten since it wasn't a word she used all the time. And spelling it out would take forever. If she could even spell it! 'We should get a..' She tried again, hoping the sign would come naturally but it didn't and she got frustrated.

The thing about Sio's frustration is that it showed in tears. Finally the little girl got closer to her brother and used her voice instead. "An engraved spoon or pan." Her little voice was rough from disuse and barely above a whisper but her twin should be used to hearing it since he was typically the only one she spoke to.

The ideas that Ari had tossed out were met with a smile. She liked when he tried to guess what she wanted to say. Sometimes his answers were silly. But when she got it out and he said it was a good idea she straightened up and beamed.

Sio nodded her head and then looked around with some concern. Where could they find a place to get something like that? Since she'd used her voice already she didn't see the harm in using it again, though she kept it quiet and just for her brother to hear. "I don't know where to go." Siofra wasn't sure if she had to get a pan first then find someone or if one person could do all of that. Would they go to a blacksmith? If that was the case then both their dad and their uncle were blacksmiths. That caused her to frown. Could they just ask one of them to make it?

When he brought his forehead to hers she smiled and almost giggled at the affection. Sure they were twins but Sio fit the little sister role better. Plus Ari had a way of making her feel better and safe.

She thought about what he said. They saw their uncle more often than they saw their dad. So Siofra figured asking their uncle would be the safer option in getting the gift made sooner. As for the metal.. well.. Her little shoulders came up slightly in answer. The little girl honestly had no idea about that one. In truth she'd never paid much attention to the different types of metals. "Ask uncle." It was the best thing they could really do.

She looked at her brother with a small curious look before her hands came up and signed. 'Bribe?' Siofra had no other word for what Ari wanted to do. He basically wanted to make it so that their uncle would do the work for them.

Her head gave a small nod to the mention of snacks. "Bitter sweet stuff." She used her whispering voice yet again. Siofra had a small advantage in the fact that she spent her days silently watching what went on around her. That meant she tended to pick up on things about other people. One such thing being that their uncle liked bitter sweet snacks.

Seeing as her brother agreed with her that they were going to bribe their uncle, Siofra started to giggle. With the hand squeeze she listened to what he said and the name made her perk up a bit. So she nodded along. Sio liked the baked goods there anyways so it was perfect!

"Mhm!" She was quick to agree that the idea was a good one. Of course she then started to look around to figure out which way they needed to go.