Jareth had shown himself useful in summoning things. Such as bread and a few different types of cheese.
"I could do better," he said "if I had more energy."
"I know," Puck muttered as he stuffed more bread into his mouth "this bread is kinda stale." Idony pushed him and he went quiet.
"Its fine," she insisted "better than starving."
"Much better than starving," Puck chimed in. "Idony?"
"Humm?" she looked at Puck and he gave a nudging look. "Oh! The water, damn, sorry, I forgot. I'll get it." She stood to leave and Jareth looked from Puck to Idony.
"You really shouldn't let her go into the woods alone," he said "it could be dangerous."
"Three things," Idony said "one, I can handle myself. Two, I have a knife and a staff and three, does it look like Puck is going to defend me from anything bigger than a common garden snail? I think not." Puck handed her a large skin sack to keep the water in.
"And that was a very vicious snail too," he mumbled in good humor. Idony smiled and raced off. She was half way there when Jareth tapped her on the shoulder. She spun around holding the knife to his throat.
"Oh," she put the knife back in her robe "I'm sorry. I thought you were, well something. What are you doing here?"
"Protecting you," he said simply as if she should know.
"I don't need to be protected," she said "I can handle myself."
"Oh," he said "like you handled Nuckelavee?" Idony lowered her head and kept walking.
"That's different," she muttered "he's an old... acquaintance."
"So am I," Jareth added grabbing her shoulder and making her look at him. She looked at his eyes, she couldn't place his emotion, but it seemed familiar.
"What do you want?" she asked sarcastically "a medal?" She turned on her heel and kept going.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked "your not normal."
"Thank you Mr. State the Obvious," she muttered and he grabbed her shoulder again.
"Don't be sarcastic with me," he warned.
"Alright," she said straitening up "you want true pure answers, here you go." she got right up in his face and spoke the words as thick and clear as possible "Don't touch me." Jareth smiled as she kept walking, though he stood there for just a moment he caught up.
"Your like the goddess Artemis," he said and Idony blushed but kept walking. She actually was considering that she could hunt, loved animals, lived in groves and near ponds and was just a wild woman.
"Except I wouldn't turn anyone into a stag," she mumbled.
"That's a good story," Jareth said and then his expression changed "you wouldn't kill someone if they watched you bathe?"
"See," Idony stopped by the waters edge and filled the skin "there's a difference between seeing someone and spying on someone. The man that stumbled upon her didn't mean to see her, he just did and he got angry and turned him into a stag and let his own hounds rip him to shreds."
"So if I just happened to stumbled upon you..." Jareth said.
"I'd kill you," Idony smiled handing him the skin, now full of water. But she would, he Jareth was to see her naked she'd, probably kill him. No man had ever seen her, though she was sure a few Fae had, but that wasn't really the point.
"Would you?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Maybe not kill," she said "but I think I'd hurt you well enough."
"Your not normal," Jareth said shaking his head in amusement.
"Thank you," Idony smiled and sat by the fire trying to shake this feeling she had. Jareth tossed the water bag at Puck and he caught it, but gave a bewildered look. Idony was becoming very interested in this Goblin King. It worried him, Idony hadn't ever bothered with the male of her species. And Puck wasn't really sure how human males acted around females they tried to court. But he had heard there was some sort of link between human males and pigs... but he wasn't sure.