Family Ties|Haven, Ilyamen

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Amaro rolls his eyes. "Well you two enjoy each other's company. I'm going to have a look around the city," he tells Alethia and Talon, starting to walk off, then pausing. "Or do you want to start looking for your father, Alethia?"

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"Not without Acqua," Alethia says stubbornly. In truth, she'd love to start looking, but she felt this was something that should be done with her sister at her side.

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"Then you may have a fair wait," Amaro points out, knowing that Acqua doesn't consider finding her father a priority. "It wouldn't surprise me if we don't see Acqua until tomorrow morning."

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"If I find him without her, it wouldn't be fair to her," Alethia counters.

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"Your choice," replies Amaro. Changing his mind about having a look around the city - he's seen it before and he'll see plenty of it while the girls search for their father - Amaro strips his weapons off his body and sets them all down carefully on a table. Taking procession of a comfortable chair, Amaro begins to polish and clean his personal armory.

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Alethia watches him for a while until she feels her mind wandering down different avenues of thought. Offhand, she asks, "How did you and Talon make money before you met us?"

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For awhile it seems Amaro isn't going to bother to reply then, without looking away from his weapons, he says, "About the same way we do now. Selling the pelts of animals we hunted, mostly. Although we would occasionally help out villages we stayed at with repairs or other troubles... There was one small village, mostly Water and Wind elementals, that had a serious problem with a pack of wolves coming in at night and stealing the children. They paid us quite well to take care of that..." Amaro rubs a faded scar on his neck and grimaces. "Damn things nearly took care of us though, didn't they Talon?"

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"Yes," Talon agrees mildly. "I still wish I could have tamed one. Those things were big and it'd have been fun to ride around on one, even for a little while."
"You tried to train them?" Alethia asks Talon incredulously.
"Well," he mutters. "Sort of... Apparently doggy treats and saying 'Come on poochie' aren't enough."

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Amaro growls at the memory and mutters a few choice words under his breath about Talon's intelligence and sanity, 'idiot' being the politest comment made.

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"I think I'd like a puppy someday," Talon murmurs, blissfully unaware (intentionally or not), of Amaro's comments. Alethia just laughs delightedly.

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"Not while you're travelling with me," replies Amaro. "One fleabag hanging around is more then enough thank you." He casts an irritated glare at Faith dosing by the fire only to have the cat stare back at him with the utter contempt only felines can manage.

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"Faith is a darling little kitty," Alethia protests with a pout. Talon chuckles and pulls up a chair by his friends.
"Are we going to sit here and wait on Acqua?" he inquires.

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Amaro shrugs. "If anyone has any ideas for something they want to do, say so. Otherwise if the brat doesn't show up again soon, I'm going see if I can find anyone willing to spar with me before my skills get rusty."

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"Sparring sounds good," Talon remarks, perking up. Even Alethia looks mildly interested. "Weapons or element?"

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"Both perferably," replies Amaro, finishing cleaning the last of his weapons and puting them back on.