When he's finally asleep you grab his cloths and take them over to your bed and your sewing equipment. You spend two hours sewing his cloths back together and when you've finished you hold them up in triumph, you can still tell they have been fixed and it's not your best work but you don't think the sufferer will mind.

You fold them up and place them on the table next to the resting troll and look out in to the open air, it is a bright summers day with barley a cloud in the sky, a great day to go hunting but you can't leave the sufferer on his own can you? Maybe if you went for just a couple of hours and left a note in case he woke up, yes that would have to do.

Another five minutes and you in the forest having left a note on top of his clothes in case he wakes up. It is a glorious day and because of the sunlight many of Alternias animals will be wandering the forest, a great place to find dinner and it doesn't take long for you to hear an animal moving around in the undergrowth. It's about 40 meters to the right, a giant bull lusus.

You scamper up a tree and fly through them until reaching a branch just above the bull, it is very big with strong muscles on its back and legs but you've caught bigger. You snap your claws from inside your knuckles and get ready to pounce.

After an intense fight you are walking through the forest with the lusus on your back, admiring the different shades of green on the trees and the various smells coming from the flowers of various shapes, sizes and colours, the forest really is the most wonderful place on Alternia.

You stop off at a stream to wash up before going home, the cool water is soothing and it's nice to get out of the blazing sun for a little while, it is to your understanding that not all trolls like the sunlight very much. You play with the little fish that inhabit the stream for about 40 minutes before you get out and dry yourself.

You arrive home to find the signless up and dressed "It's nice to see your feeling better" You chuckle and dump the bulls lifeless body on the ground next to the 'kitchen' "I hope you haven't been awake for too long I just needed to go hunting for food" you explain waking over to him.

He smiles "It's ok, I've only been awake about 10 minutes and I don't mind I wouldn't want to get in the way of your daily routine" He smiles again adjusting his cape and removing the hood from his head "And thank you for fixing my clothes" he gestures to what he's wearing

"That's ok, I figured you'd want something to wear" You sit next to him "so how are your wounds doing? Healing up?" you lift his top up to get a glimpse of them

"Yes, I think I'll be ready to walk by tomorrow" that earns him a big smile, you're glad he's doing so well "That's great, we can set off tomorrow when you're ready." You play with the pesky piece of hair that's always intruding your face "So where exactly are we going?"

He smiles, a warm gentle smile imagining where he came from "It's about a three days journey North, through the city of ergon and up to the twin hills, we live in a cave over there on the left hill, but it's not like this one it's more like a hive then a cave" He rubs his hand over his chin and smiles again "I think you'll love it there it's so private, great for hunting."

You laugh and listen to him talk about his home and where he grew up, how the Dolorosa taught him right from wrong and his different encounters with different people.

About two hours late you are both sat eating the bull you caught earlier and sharing life stories, laughing in front of the fire, he is so easy to talk to and it comes so naturally to talk to him, you have always been so socially awkward that's why you spend so little time out of the forest. Well that and the forest is so much better then anywhere else.

You start to ponder on the idea that maybe you met him for a reason and you can talk to him so easily because he is meant to be your matesprite. No. You shake your head of the thought, what a preposterous thought how could you think that? You blush just thinking about it, you are going to help this man find his mother and not think about this again.

"I'm going to go get some fresh water" you say putting down your bowl "Would you like to join me? I mean it would be helpful to see if you can walk would it not, you know before we actually set off tomorrow." you stand up and stretch your arm out for him to grab.

He nods and accepts your arm, gripping just below your elbow and stretches out his other hand to grab your other arm. When he has both arms you pull him up and quickly move so he is leaning all his body weight on you "You think you can stand by yourself" you ask looking up at his pain twisted face.

"Yeah, yeah I'll be fine don't worry about me I don't want to crush you" You laugh at the thought of him crushing you "You crush me? Now I've heard everything you couldn't crush me I'm at least 5 times stronger then you."

"Well that's only because I'm injured I bet when I'm better I could beat you in an arm wrestle" Like he could beat you in any strength competitions "But you are really strong, how did you get so much muscle?" He looks down at you biceps and you blush gog damn thoughts get out of my head! "Well I do live in the forest where I have to hunt my own food with my bear hands" for a guy that has some really smart ideas about changing the world he isn't very smart.

"Yeah well I guess you got to be strong to catch bulls" he winks at you before gasping in pain "You know we don't have to do this if you don't want, we can wait until tomorrow" you suggest hating seeing him in pain "No, no I got to do this because if I don't I wont get to see my mother" his face lightens at the mentioning of his mother "So you want to see if you can stand?" he nods and you sigh, you still don't think he's ready but it's his choice.

You slip his arm back to his side and slide in front of him holding him up and let go. He sways for a few moments for not standing for a day but stops, he smiles triumphantly "See I told you I was ready" wow this was going to mike his ego bigger then his head "Well yeah but can you walk?" you put your hand on your hip and walk a few meters backward "Walk to me."

He does, he wobbles the first couple of steps but then recovers and walks to you with only a slight limp" See I told you, just a bit of pain on my legs but I'm ok lets go to the stream" He grabs your arm and you walk out in to the cool evening air "Beautiful night" you murmur looking up at the stars "They're so bright, like a million fireflies stuck in the sky."

He chuckles looking up "you sure do have a unique way of looking at the world don't you?" I smile "Yeah I guess I do" I say just as we reach the stream, I help him sit down before filling the bowl with water "But so do you" I say starting to wash my face in the clear water "I mean no one else would ever think to stand up to the high bloods like you dream of doing" I start to wash his face too "Well maybe that's why we met, because it takes a unique person to understand one right?" He smiles looking up at you.

"I guess so" You wipe off a bit of mud from under his eye "Although we probably met because you where stupid enough to pick a fight with the blue bloods" You smirk whipping off the rest of the mud from his face and flopping down next to him "Yeah but maybe I picked a fight with them so I could meet you" Smooth, real smooth

That night while the signless is sleeping you pack things into a wolf skin pouch for your long journey ahead and find an old map stashed away in your storage space and track your journey across erigon and up to the two hills.