Ruffled Feathers

As I was talking and figuring out the direction of the future Seveya had wandered over to the Main Fires and both her and Silken seemed rather interested in said direction under discussion. I can certainly understand that .. it would impact them directly. It would flavor their lives in real ways and I am sure both of them were interested in putting their opinions on the table for just such a reason .. but neither one inserted themselves in the conversation. I know it was hard to hold their tongues but they did so.

And speaking of quality time with a certain someone .. there was just enough evening left to spend with Seveya and I directed her off away from the fires and the congestion of the harigga for a walk. A prettier night you could not have wished for .. even if it was a little on the cool side. The crisp air just gave the moons light a little more silver and we needed no more light than that to find our way.

Our talk at first centered around the discussion of the Grays and what that meant for the two of us. I was pleased she was happy with my decision to let Ash handle the reins of the Tribe as apposed to telling him I could do it better. We were both curious to see where Ash would lead us and how he would lead us. I am comfortable with the fact Seveya had no desire to push me towards any more power .. any more responsibility. There are a lot of women who would .. who would want their mate to take up such a position and find the shelter of it attractive to themselves. But not Seveya and .. I am relieved.

Could I survive if our priorities were not matched to the yoke well? Of course .. but it would be just that much harder and who in their right mind wants it to be any harder than it has to be? We were going to find enough forks in our trail to haggle over and I was glad this was not one of them.

We spoke of Silken and how jumpy she was .. whether or not she was all right and whether or not she was going to be able to shoulder all the burdens and responsibilities of the position Ash had just taken up. He has been doing it .. but it was not official and this put a new spin on it. There was going to be a lot for her to deal with both for herself as Ubara and as Ash's mate. The woman will suffer along with her man .. and believe me I know just how much suffering Ash has signed up for. Of course every man is different and perhaps Ash will thrive under the pressure. It is just not in me to want to guide and lead and watch over people when all they do is nag at me about how they want me to do it different. Which is why I never did finish the lessons Oren was so set on teaching me while herding verr.

I hate verr.

It was while we were speaking of the past and all the things I was hoping to side step as long as there was someone fired up to do it when I rubbed Seveya all up the wrong way and ruffled her feathers. It took her a moment to catch on I did it on purpose and that my eyes were laughing at her the entire time she strutted around throwing threats this way and that and she set to prophesying something fierce about certain people's near futures .. when she finally caught on and then all that got directed right at me. She blew my hair back with her response and that got me to chuckling deep inside my chest.

I can not help stirring up her embers. Adding fuel to those coals until they catch and flame up .. start to roaring and crackling. The woman I chose is one fine spirited Tuchuk and by the Sky I can not find it in me to waste an opportunity to wind it up and set it off.