Closed Return to Ximal [Morning]

[Ariann]

"They cannot breed, but... there is still mating. Things can be done without eliciting child birth." She states, her eyes turning away from him while she held onto his arm, her cheeks turning bright purple. "I was afraid, but fear is only temporary... and other feelings are far more potent for me than fear." She says, keeping her eyes away from him. "If you would so choose it, we could... experiment." She mutters under her breath.

[Ximal]

XI sighed and wondered what he best possible option here was. Xi eventually chose to speak eliciting another question and answering one of hers. "Tell me honestly, you want to experiment with me, why? I'm not exactly the greatest person out there. So why me in particular? I scared the living shyke out of you at least from what i could see back there so why the massive turn of emotion back towards me? Why change everything you believe in so suddenly ?" Xi sighed and took his eye's from the sea again to the sky...Was he free ? Or was he still confined? Could he do what he wished or was he limited to knowing that whatever he did he was stuck in a place he didn't want to be. Xi was confused. "What about you being...Well...Untouched shouldn't you save that for someone who returns what you think about them? Unless you just want to try out what it's like? Either way i don't think i'm the best suited to the situation." Xi sighed unsure of what to do.

[Ariann]

She frowns, bowing her head and loosening her grip on his arm as they talked. His hand had tread dangerously close to her purest spot, and yet he still tried to push her away with words. A feeling of guilt and sadness welled up within Ariann's mind, enough that her stomach churned as if to tell her that this was a bad idea. "Ximall..." She paused, unsure of how to put it, "I am easily frightened... and bravery like this rarely comes to me easily. I fear pain and suffering and all things bad in the world. But... I fear being alone more. I doubt I'd be able to ask you anything else about such a topic later on, so..." She sighed, stepping back from him and releasing his arm altogether. "If you don't like me in such a way, you should say so. I've made up my mind to offer myself to you, but if you don't want it, then that is just fine." She frowned, her eyes fixed on a spot on the ground before her, her hands clasped in front of her, "But questioning my judgement isn't a very nice thing to do. It not only makes it sound like you don't like me, but it also makes me feel as though I am making a mistake. Please tell me that this isn't a mistake." She mumbled, falling silent in order to give Ximal a chance to respond. She felt hurt internally. It was unlike the wound she suffered when she landed on the pier when she met Ricky. It was doubt and the doubt seemed to hurt more than anything else she'd ever felt.

[Ximal]

Xi lifted his hand to his fore head and pressed hid finger tips into his temples, and felt her release her grip of his arm...Easily frightened rarely brave. Xi let his shoulders slump and flicked his eyes over to her now looking like a hurt child. Xi then began to speak. "I'm saying you should wait for someone better than me...Wait for someone who you know will return how you feel about them in kind...I'm not exactly a good person even if i try to mask it...So trust me it's better for both you and me this way..." Xi lifted his hands and slid the back beneath his cloak closing his eye's and walking back to his school. Unsure of what exactly he'd done but certain she'd make the right choice later on. Xi couldn't help but feel as if he'd let her down in a bad way...But it was better for both of them if he kept himself far away. Xi slipped his hands into his pockets again...looking at the ground and walking away...

[Ariann]

Ariann watched him leave with a silent wonder. He admitted that he was a bad person, but something within Ariann brought her to think that he had more good in him than he had bad. He couldn't fight without a reason and his intentions before when he beat up the group of men weren't exactly bad. Having gotten past the initial shock of watching him weave the ways of war into those men's faces, she realized that he had beat them up in order to keep her safe. That in it and of itself was a noble deed and Ariann couldn't help but feel attracted to such a man. Maybe she had spent too long out of the water? Maybe the air was different up here? She couldn't tell it her exposure to their culture was beginning to mess with her heart and mind, but she could tell that Ximal did not wish to speak with her anymore upon the subject.

She nodded to herself mostly, feeling lost again and slightly disappointed. She had forgotten Ricky's words only to be reminded with the same kind of meaning within Ximal's words. She felt like an idiot for having let the new emotion control her mind. She had a strange longing to see that she corrects her relationship with Ximal, but for some reason she couldn't move towards him as he left. She could only watch and wait until his figure faded from her view.

Sullen, she turned away, changing her mind about staying at the school and beginning to make her way past sailors and merchants alike as she quickly paced her way to the water's edge, letting her emotions well up inside of her like a gyser waiting to burst. She took a seat at the end of the pier and sighed, unsure of what to do with the strange feelings she was experiencing. I just want to go home.