The reunion
"ARCTURUS!" Jahgura cried out embracing her friend. "I thought they killed….I thought I'd never see y-you." she couldn't continue. She simply let the tears flow. Arcturus held his friend trying not to cry himself. Obviously the kahjiit cared dearly for him. The two friends hugged for quite some time. "I thought they killed you. Damned imperials." she growled. Arcturus shrugged. I tried telling them we weren't spies and that we were on our way to see my unlce in Solitude. They didn't believe me." he shrugged.
"are we still going to go? To Solitude I mean." Jahgura asked. Arcturus nodded. My uncle has to know of the dragon attack." Jahgura nodded. Looking over at the old man who was glaring moments before she found that he was smiling warmly. Albeit sadly. "whats with him?" she asked. Hvash looked at the kahjiit. "He's harmless. Lost his friend a long time ago. A rouge kahjiit killed him off. Thought you had done the same until he saw you hugging your mate." Jahgura blushed. "He's not my mate. He's my friend. Just a friend." she responded quietly.
Hvash smiled to himself. "A mate does not mean it has to be a romantic situation. It can mean a strong life bond. A deep friendship that can even defy death itself." Hvash replied. Jahgura had heard of bonds such as these by elders. Although outsiders were not normally bonded with it has happened in the past. Bonded kahjiit a more normal occurance was strong and unbreakable. Even going as far as if one of the bonded pair were to die or be slain, his/her surviving companion would often commit suicide, the thought of not having their friend unthinkable.
Flashback
Jahgura a kit of no more than 6 ran to one of the elders rather upset. Her cousin who had been her companion no longer seemed to want to hang around her much anymore. The older kahjiit was now spending his time with an outsider. Not just any outsider. A human. She felt jealous and betrayed and ran to the elder nearly in tears. The kind elder looked at the kit. "what is wrong kit?" he asked. Jahgura explained the whole thing. The elder then explained the difference between life bond and mate. Bonds were one step below mates. Unfortunately bonds often ended in tragedy if the other one was an outsider. Kahjiit were not fond of interspecies relationships outside of business. And her father had even said to her point blank. "never have a non business relationship with a human. If I hear of it then I hope you can live with out them…because I will kill them. Her father had once said point blank. He never would honestly kill someone who had bonded with on of his species. He wouldn't approve of a human bonding with a kahjiit but he wouldn't kill them and separate the bond. But he wouldn't let his kit know this.
Jahgura sighed. She cared dearly for her friend and realized that this was one of those bonds she had been told of in her kithood. It was then she realized plain fact that she had fallen in love.