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#18
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Lily
Confused
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He seemed to return to saying nothing as she spoke a little while longer. He didn't have anything to really say in truth, he was still planning to leave as soon as he got the chance to. It didn't feel right here, he knew there was years of bad blood between his kind and hers. It was slowly coming back to him why he knew what these creatures were. Back before the tribes and clans grew and changed it wasn't too uncommon for certain races to hunt others. Though truth be told seeing as Naga were so rare now it probably still happened every so often. It just might go unnoticed seeing as most seem to think such creatures are myths.
He was about to settle down where he was till Nari was finished with her fishing but that was disrupted as footsteps were heard. Noticing it was a small child, from the looks of it the one he had crossed paths with before he didn't bother to move. Instead he sat there and waited to see what would come of this seemingly unexpected visit. As the two talked it seemed like there was a event about to happen, the last place he wanted to be if the truth was known about it. Large gatherings and lots of noise, yeah he would rather pass on such things.
Being a little lost in his thoughts he had nodded his head to something Nari had asked him and only after the girl was pushed next to him did he pick up on what he had agreed to. Why didn't he pay more attention at times. He was about to protest but Nari was already walking down the path back towards the village when he started to open his mouth. He gave up on that rather quickly. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad...it was just fishing after all and they had a easy enough method. It's not like he had to teach her to swim or hold her breath.
After a few moments passed and the girl seemed to speak up in a timid void admitting she didn't know how to do any of it. He sighed slightly before shaking his head. He knew the girl was probably feeling down about this, she seemed to want to help just she was unable. For whatever reason no one had taken the time to teach her anything she should know. "We'll just have to fix that now won't we?" He finally spoke up almost telling and asking her at the same time. Though seeing as she was here still she didn't have a real choice in the matter of learning or not and fishing was simple.
It was a thought in the back of his mind at what the girl's father would think of this, it was very apparent the man did not like his kind... He was half expecting a small mob at any given time accusing him of killing or eating the girl. Either way the sooner he taught her how to fish the sooner they could be back int he village and he could find some corner to curl up in and be away from whatever the village event was.
The girl was still nervous it seemed, not that he could blame her really. She was so tiny compared to him. Even just sitting there it was easy to tell that if he wanted to killing her would be no hassle in the least. Then again the same went for most of Nari's kind if he was next to them. Not that he would, he had grown up different compared to most of his kind. His clan was the last of them to try and stick together and survive as a unit... though the humans made sure that did not last. The small group of twenty or so... all slaughtered or worse. He knew a few of them were skinned alive and he shuddered at the thought of remembering every detail of that night. But it would come sooner or later...
The girl never spoke a word as she stood silently. Moving a little he lightly adjusted the pole the girl was holding and explained to her what to do as far as holding it went. Saying that it was better to hold with both hands and that way if a fish is large enough to jerk the pole then it won't snatch it from her. There were a few larger fish in this area so it was possible for that to happen. Well on that note it was possible for the girl to be dragged into the water, though he hoped that didn't happen.
After she seemed to nod weakly and get a feel for how the pole was suppose to be held he went on to explain how to bait the hook on the next and how to cast the line out. Just to be careful on both. She could prick her finger or get the line stuck in a tree here. Then they'd have to fix a new hook all over again and that was no short task when it came to resetting a fishing hook. This seemed to go on for a little bit and he got her to swish the pole a little to get the idea of how to cast the line out. After he seemed satisfied with her form and she seemed to calm down and not be as nervous and shut up he said she could go about trying to get something.
Whenever she caught something he would tell her on how to get it off the hook. After she had the line out he told her if she felt a good sized pull or snag on the line to jerk it a little, it'll ensure the hook gets stuck in the fish. Really it was rather funny listening to him explain things and show her things. It was like he had dealt with kids before, then again maybe he had. But he had picked most of this up from just watching Nari... his kind used spears to fish more often then not.
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Posted 04-18-2012, 12:40 PM
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