[Honey]

As gently as a horse he took it from the boy's hand to give it a crunchy nibble and determine that they had turned out as well as the berries. Together they indulged in their lunch different from that the previous day, and the one prior to that. With their bellies full, and the rest of the food they could find tucked away in their basket, the man laid down and rested is head in the boy's lap. "Lonis, I am feeling weary."

[littl3chocobo]

he knew, even without any training he could feel it within his masters voice and in his master's slumped body, "i know." saying nothing else he tool up a soft stroke and hummed a tune his master often hummed to him when he was unwell o the weather did not allow sleep

[Honey]

Despite himself the boy was too comforting to him that he was unable to stay awake a moment longer. His eye lids felt like rocks and his body like a pillow without anything inside. Reaching out he'd placed hi hand against a soft thigh before it became too much and he fell into the deep, trapping chambers of sleep.

[littl3chocobo]

when his master woke around sunset he was waiting and careful so as not to jar him he rose and went off to find food and firewood so that they could eat

[Honey]

He felt better than he did before his nap but not to the point where he felt the best. While he was half tempted to go back to sleep while the boy left, he instead occupied himself with eating a few more of the berries they had stashed away. When the boy returned with kindle and wood he helped him conjure up a simple fire before he watched the other fix them a meal.

[littl3chocobo]

he was able to snare a hare by mimicking the sound of a mate in heat though the the creature still fought until he broke it's neck and he used the knife his master made him keep to let it drain while he looked for wood before bringing both back. fter the fire was going he set about skinning it so that they could have roast meat to go with the left-over carrots

[Honey]

When the boy returned with more than just firewood he was please by the fact he was able to do so, but before the boy could skin and cut it to cook he took the bloodied creature and laid it out on the ground before him. His hands ran over the soft fur before he slid the small eyelids closed and spoke in his native language for a long moment. A soft, fragrant wind blew past him before the plains settled again and it was merely another night. He handed the creature back to the boy.

[littl3chocobo]

it was with a full belly and a content feeling that he was once more asked to feel what he could and putting his hands to the earth he felt for the sparks of life that he knew were there

(he found several bits of life including some seeds)

[Honey]

He sat up straighter from where he laid when the boy said he was actually feeling more than soft pulses of life, and looking at where the boy laid his hand on the soil he encouraged the boy to feel in the soil instead of merely the surface.

[littl3chocobo]

digging his fingers down deep he tried to feel more and was rewarded with the small twinges of life from buried creatures and the tree itself. softly he spoke, "not just seeds but also grubs and beetles and i think something larger, maybe a mouse or a mole? the tree is very large"

[Honey]

He smiled widely, "The tree is not only large, it is very old. And there is a mole digging around the roots to find a place for his family." Reaching out he touched the boy's hand and let his energy mingle with Lonis'. "Can you feel anything more?"

[littl3chocobo]

for a moment he could feel the heartbeat of the mole as clearly as his own and feel all the life from the farthest root all the way up to the tips of the grass before all of it muddled up into a tangle of electric strings and blacked out to the dull feeling of normal sight and the rush of want that usually accompanied a heavy press from his master's hand covering and pressing into his own. softly he sighed and waited for his vision to clear

[Honey]

He could feel the fluctuation in the boy, though what happened he was not sure of. He pulled his own hand back as though the boy was scalding hot, and staring at him with furrowed brows he waited to see what it was that happened. "Are you okay, Lonis?"

[littl3chocobo]

he did not reply with words and blinking away the altered vision he reached down to kiss the hand that had left him

[Honey]

He was left with a feeling of wanting and desire, and as he felt the smooth lips brush across the back of his hand he turned it around so that he could feel the mouth against his palm. Leaning forward he crossed the short distance between them to kiss at the sweet neck before tipping the face upward and stealing the lips with his hands.

[littl3chocobo]

this time when his master slept he was able, after a while, to sleep as well and waking just before sunrise he dressed and went to find water for bathing so that when he woke him there would be a proper obience to the wellness of the day