Down by the Bay

[Kender Bard]

"Ask whatever you like," Pandora offered. "Tell me all the places you've been.. or if it's easier, where you haven't been."

[Devon]

"Reave,Talen'sul, Humontis, Narurod, Maelstrom, Sensatia, and the temples. I haven't been there..So really just the places I've been with you." Darin taps his chin and thinks of a question. "What about you? Your past I mean..how as it?"

[Kender Bard]

"Not much different from yours," Pandora admitted. "My father was pretty disappointed in getting a snake for a daughter. I mean, a nonvenomous one. I don't remember how my mother was, I think she wanted a son. Anyway, in Beleg if you can't defend yourself well with what you have, you must compensate. So I learned the value in sneaking around and good weaponry. Once it dawned on me that there was a world outside the Beastlands, I went exploring. That... and I really wanted a snake companion. Not just any one, but one that fit me. So I went to Naurorod, where I met Ven."

[Devon]

"Heh, so you guys have a good history together. What about love? Did you have anyone you loved before?"

[Kender Bard]

"You asked me this before," she reminded him mildly. "No. I still don't know what 'true' love would feel like. This relationship is probably the closest I have gotten. Once I did show an interest in a young male in the clan, but a rival female fought me for him and I lost. That's the most romantic it's been for me."

She hesitated, then. "Or not. I was rather fond of Daniel..." She decided to supply the details. "The former Thief Lord."

[Devon]

"I know the name. When I was with the guards there wasn't a guard alive who didn't talk about busting Daniel. What happened to him?"

[Kender Bard]

Pandora growled softly, then relaxed with a weary sigh. "He was killed. I didn't see it coming, and all the more foolish of me. I heard that being the Thief Lord, despite it being such a luxurious and vaulted position, is a death sentence really. But still... He was good to me. He gave me steady work and a long leash. So long as I paid my dues and my respect, I could more or less do as I wish and what I was good at."

She tensed again. "Last that I heard, Echo took his place, so she must have killed him. That rankles me; I can't stand having Beasts above me unless they obviously deserve it. So I'm contemplating washing my hands completely of thieving, no matter how fun it is."

[Devon]

"I think you should Pandora. We're partners after all and if you really need to thieve I wouldn't care if you picked a pocket or two."

[Kender Bard]

Pandora twisted about so she could kiss him gingerly... and hand back the coins she'd filched. "Good." Nestling with him again, she retwined their fingers and gave a content sigh. "How could you stay in Ilyamen for so long? I know it's interesting, but didn't you want to see the world?"

[Devon]

" I was with the guards, I didn't have time to go anywhere else. Thats part of the reason I quit, I wanted to be free to do what I wanted." Darin wraps his other arm around her and holds her close.

[Kender Bard]

"Then we'll see the world," Pandora promises him. "But not until our vacation in Ronduin is over. How about after our next successful job, we head to Naurorod? You could see more Fires that way."

[Devon]

"all right, but we'll have to find a really good job. Something where I get to hit a few people maybe..maybe one where you have to dress up in some kind of outfit." Darin muses over that thought in his head.

[Kender Bard]

Pandora punches him lightly in the leg. "If you tease me about that anymore, see if I ever dress up in front of, or for, you again."

She wasn't angry though. The serenity of the scene was enough to lull her into a doze. Getting more cozy against him, she shut her eyes and surrendered to the warm laze.