Evening|Raynham, Reave

[aivea]

A short time after dark, Damien, Ann and Mint arrive in Reave. For a moment, Mint pauses to take in what could be seen of their surroundings before quickly catching up. She'd actually thought that Reave would be larger than it appeared but decides that it might just look smaller due to the lack of light from anything other than the occasional campfire.

"How far along are we in helping the Clears rebuild?" asks Mint, deciding that she didn't have time to hesitate any more. "Will they survive this winter?"

The tone of the second question is quite worried. She hadn't known very much about the progress that had been made and looking at the settlement in the dark didn't seem to work very well at all.

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"They'll get through the winter," Damien assures her. "Not easily, but they'll get through it. They're learning decent hunting skills, although that's been a challenge. These people had less survival skills then any fire type child. We've almost finished with building huts for them as well, now that we've finally taught them enough that the Clears are able to help with the building. I just look forward to bringing all our people home. The incident with the Lost Ones was a prefect reminder that our own defenses are weak while so many of our people are here." Damien sighes tiredly. "Come on. I'd like to check on Charanth and then we need to see about finding you a place to stay." Ann, wrapped in a blanket and being carried by Damien, stirs then.

"We here?" she asks sleepily.

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"I'm glad to hear that the people here will survive," Mint says then nods. "I'll be right behind you... and I hope he will be feeling at least a little better."

A worried look touches her face as she resumes following, almost forgetting about Ann's question before answering, "Yes, I think we are."

"I don't think now is the time to mention that I'm not going to be picky."

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Damien nods and, shifting his grip on Ann a little to avoid dropping the child, makes his way to Charanth's hut. Knocking on the door he calls, "Charanth? Still awake?"

"Charanth?" Ann calls in a sleepy echo of Damien.

[Kender Bard]

"Aye," came Charanth's reply. The man was still in bed, though sometimes he got up now and then to exercise his legs. He was lost in thoughts, and the intrusion came as a welcome. "Come in."

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Damien smiles and gestures for Mint to follow him before walking into the hut. "I hope you don't mind I brought a guest along with me," he remarks to Charanth. Ann yawns sleepily and sticks her thumb in her mouth.

"Mint came to help here," she tells Charanth, her voice muffled by her thumb. Damien sighs and gently but firmly pulls Ann's hand away from her mouth.

"I suppose Charminei told you what happened at the Clan," he comments.

[Kender Bard]

"Yes," Charanth sighed, bringing a hand to ease the headache creeping up on him again. "And we had a long talk, that did not go over well. Someone around here was kind enough to tell me she's up and fled with her new boyfriend. So understand, please, when I beg your patience if I seem a little crabby. I am very grateful to have you here, Damien, and any help you bring. I think I can say we're almost ready to go home."

[aivea]

Mint had quietly followed Damien into the hut and offered a slight bow in greeting before starting to try to decide when or if to speak. Seeing the motion of Charanth's hand, she bites her lip worriedly before asking, "Would it be all right if I kept Elder Charanth company for a while? It's not good to be alone when you're sick..."

"If I can ease the pain of the one he'd planned to destroy, I think I could forgive myself for not stopping him."

In all honesty, Mint wasn't sure at all what else she could do here in Reave. She'd left thinking a change of scenery would clear her head and put everything back in perspective but hadn't thought just how to go about it through at all.

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"It's fine with me," replies Damien. "But it's really up to Charanth. What do you say, Charanth? Care to be fussed over by a pretty young woman for awhile?" Ann giggles sleepily, picking up on the amusement in her uncle's tone, even if she has no idea of the joke.

[Kender Bard]

Charanth chuckles softly and says, "That sounds just lovely, thank you. I'll try not to bore you with chatter."

[aivea]

Mint looks from Damien to Charanth, wondering what they found so amusing before saying, "You're welcome. I'll do my best to take care of you and I don't get bored very easily."

"Hm... Did something amusing happen that I missed? Or did they get the wrong idea? I'm just trying to makeup for everything."

That said she reaches over to straighten one of the blankets that seemed to be about to fall off the bed.

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Damien hesitates, then asks, "Charanth, did Charminei say anything about a conversation she and I had back at Clan Char?"

[Kender Bard]

Charanth frowns, trying to remember, and shook her head. "No, I think she had more to say but we deviated from everything that had happened." He smiles thankfully at Mint.

[aivea]

Mint nods slightly and smiles back at Charanth. She has a feeling that the conversation between the two leaders is important so she goes back to being quiet.

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Damien sighes tiredly and glances down at Ann. "Mint, would you mind taking my niece and seeing if you can get her something to drink?"