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His mother had asked Ziya to watch him for a few hours while she went and did a new archery class. Since it was the first day she didn't want there to be a distraction both for her or the students, so that meant Reaghan had to stay with a babysitter. Or go to the store with his dad. Reaghan hadn't wanted to go to the store, claimed it was boring.

So that left him in his cousin's care.

Reaghan stared at Ziya as he sat in the chair swinging his legs back and forth. He liked his cousins well enough. They were family and he'd been raised to respect family. He just wasn't so sure about having his cousin be his care taker. Ziya was only a few years older than him! Alright, more than a few, but still. Ziya wasn't a full adult yet! How could his mom expect his cousin to take care of him?

So he sat there pondering what they could do and whether or not he should be the one looking after Ziya. After all, he was a big boy and he helped to look after his own twin.

He wrinkled his nose up at his cousin when the mention of fertilizer came up. He didn't think he'd grown that much. "They haven't. Maybe you're getting shorter?" Reaghan gave Ziya a grin. He was being sassy toward his cousin but it ran in the family.

Slowly he shook his head. "No. Just not sure what to do. I get to watch after Eirex sometimes so I'm trying to figure out if I need to watch you too." Reaghan always claimed he was the older one. "There's nothing to do around the house. Unless you wanted to play hide and seek." He didn't think his older cousin would want to play with figurines. And Hugs wasn't home to pester - the perzi always followed his mother.

"I hate cooking. Mama makes me help her sometimes when I misbehave." He found it boring to be stuck in the kitchen. While he liked eating the things that were made in the kitchen he didn't like spending time in the room. "I like when we go out and buy food more. Its faster." The young icling had a clear impatience with most things. "Can we go hunting? I haven't gone in a while." And by while he really meant a few days. His mother took him with her about once a week just so he'd learn the skill. Reaghan knew his cousins had similar skills so he was hoping Ziya would take him.

See the top of his head? Reaghan looked at Ziya's head before he shifted in his chair, got up on his knees, grabbed the back of it, then stood up. Once he was on his feet in the chair he turned back around and put his hands on his hips. "I can see it now." He grinned at his own craftiness.

Of course the threat about being stuck in the kitchen simply to watch had him scrunching up his nose again. And there was no way he was going to wash dishes! Didn't Ziya know that was a Mama thing? Reaghan was so used to seeing his mother wash the dishes that he didn't think anyone else did them. So he shook his head yet again. "Nuh uh."

"I'm not that small. Mama takes me on the Mammu trail. I have my own bow." He pointed toward the room he shared with his twin. His mother had given him and his brother their own bows to learn with and he had gotten good enough to hit a target.

Reaghan and his brother were taught a bit more than the average city kid but when compared to his cousins they didn't know nearly as much. At most the boy knew enough to stay alive for several hours, maybe over night if he had to, but beyond that he was pampered. Still, once Ziya told him to go get his bow he hopped down from the chair and hurried to his room to collect it.

The smaller boy was gone for a few minutes before he came back with his own little pack, his bow and arrows that fit it. Reaghan went right over to his cousin and held his bow up for him. "See." He was proud of his little bow. Of course his mom had made him a small spear too since he'd seen his dad use one and had thrown a fit that he wanted one as well. But he wasn't bringing that for hunting.

"Can we fly? I've never done that." Reaghan was more interested in that than he was actually hunting now.

With his bow given back to him he grinned. There was no way he was going to lose his bow. It was his favorite. "Yes!" Reaghan was excited that they could go flying.

When they got outside he stayed close to his cousin. Seeing the beast familiar caused him to have a wide eyed look. "Wow! He was only used to seeing his mother's perzi around. Of course he'd seen other people with different kinds of beasts but that was different. "That's so cool!"

When he heard Ziya tell him that the creature wouldn't eat him so long as he behaved he looked at his cousin before he puffed up a little. "I'm not scared. And I'm always good." Reaghan had his bow after all! Not to mention he was sure his cousin wouldn't do anything that would put them in danger.

Reaghan grinned at Ziya when he asked if they were related. Of course he nodded. He understood that meant that the two of them weren't always good.

When his cousin gave him something wrapped up to feed to the beast he looked at it as he held it. A small tilt of his head. Then he got told what to do with it and he nodded his head. He could manage that at least. So Reaghan unwrapped it and moved toward Støv. The young boy stopped a few feet from the familiar then held it out and waited for the beast to come closer to take it from him.

"Here Støv, its just for you." He tried to be sweet to the bird.

The boy grinned from ear to ear when the chiavi took the offered treat and a laugh escaped him when it nudged his hand for more. Of course he shot his cousin a 'shut up!' look when he said Reaghan didn't have anymore. If allowed he'd reach up and stroke the face feathers of the beast before moving toward the saddle.

The offer for help made him straighten his spine a little and gain a determined look on his face. Reaghan wanted to show he was a big boy and could do it himself! Of course it would take him a minute to actually get up. And he looked absolutely hilarious as he sprawled out trying to climb up, but he did manage to do it on his own. (Even if it took him five minutes.) Once he was up he turned to look at Ziya with a triumphant grin.

As his cousin got settled into the saddle as well he shifted to be more comfortable. "They're south." There were more animals to the south since it got them just that little bit closer to warmer climates. His mother had told him that most animals liked being in the warmer parts but there were a few that didn't mind the cooler temperatures.