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It was a nice day. It was like the world was making up for one big mistake and Tarlaka closed her eyes and laid in the grass in between the flowering bushes. It smelled nice. Not like sweat and polish and leather. It was a nice smell. Tarlaka still hadn't been able to bring herself to cuddle close to Seiteki, a month was a long time for a baby.

So the garden was the safe place. The soliders didn't really come here, the odd patrol.

Tarlaka sat up, shifing her weight to stand up, wobbling slightly from how unused she was to not having the weight of her wings at her back. Her posture looked a little strange when she stood, a habit of leaving back left her shoulders thrown back and her head held high. Sunny, but cool. The breeze ruffled the leaves and it was a soothing sound.

Of course, the sound of footsteps, no matter how soft, caused her interest. It wasn't a patrol, it was too early for that, so, what could it be? Tarlaka, curious, wandered towards it. She looked like a lady, her hair was down and she was wearing a dress, traditional to her own home. "Hello?"

Rhindeer

Leave it to him to get lost.

Niaaki wasn't supposed to be wandering around the bloody castle grounds. In fact, he was doing everything in his power to figure out how to get back. Back to the training grounds where Nathaniel was currently practicing. Back where he was supposed to be. But a trip to the latrine pit just had to turn into something more than that.

Sigh. There were plenty of bushes. That would have been so much easier.

And now there were even more bushes.

Niaaki stopped short when he saw a garden spread out before him and just barely repressed a groan. He didn't recognize this at all. He didn't think he'd seen this anywhere. Damn! He should have taken an escort after all, but he'd thought himself capable of following simple directions. Apparently he was wrong. Chewing his bottom lip, he turned to leave, as that was definitely not the right way, but a feminine voice made him stop short and turn.

He felt his stomach twist.

The voice belonged to a pretty young woman, a noblewoman from the looks of her, and while Niaaki was noble born himself it had been a long time. And he didn't belong here. Still, upon seeing her, he flashed a practiced smile and struck a bow worthy of nobility.

"M'lady," he greeted. "I hope I didn't startle you."
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Tarlaka's eyebrows shot up. No, he wasn't from here. The delicate features and light hair were a dead give away and Tarlaka smiled and returned the bow with a nod of her head. She was a higher rank, he was simply a noble. She'd maybe cursty for Akkiel if she were in a dress. Maybe. Mockingly. Tarlaka pursed her lips and smiled towards the boy, moving closer.

"Aaah." she said quietly, her voice soft, "No. I don't startle easily. My hearing is too good." She motioned to her ears, the pointed tips, a sign of her heritage and that she was also not a true blood Adelan. She could feel that he was nervous, he didn't look tense, but she'd trained enough soldiers to guess on the fly.

Nervous and lost.

Tarlaka smiled openly at the boy. He wasn't a recruit, she didn't have to be badass and scare him out of his pants. The m'lady was also a bit of a give away, he didn't know who she was. Which she liked. "Are you lost? I haven't seen you here before and usually only the patrols come around." She moved closer and gently hooked his arm around hers as a sort of escourt.  She was a few inches taller, so it probably looked awkward, but she smiled.

"Let me guess, Cutie. You're here as a guest. " She eyed Niaaki up and down while she slowly walked back to the training grounds, the way he'd come from , "But you're not here visiting any nobility." Wasn't dressed up for that, so that left two options. "You're either a daring tourist or you're visiting a friend."

Rhindeer

"Oh, ah, yes," Niaaki confirmed as he walked with the woman, feeling his face heat up when she called him 'cutie', and when she accurately guessed that he was lost. "I'm just here to visit a friend. I'm not sure if you would know him or not? His name is Nathaniel and he's a soldier here, at the training grounds."

He gave a sheepish laugh, suddenly hyper aware of just how out of practice he was; five years out of practice, at least. It was easy to feel refined and well-mannered around, say, Yuuki, but around a noblewoman? Now he just felt clumsy. "I didn't mean to get so turned around. And I wouldn't ask you to trouble yourself showing me back, m'lady. If you could perhaps just point me in the right direction...?"
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