The hungover brawler chuckled for a moment before grabbing a wooden plate and sliding the breakfast omelet onto the plate and offered it to his companion. “I find it best to assume she knows everything you hope she doesn’t know, and that if she gives you a suggestion… listen to it.”

He started cutting up some more toppings to go into the next omelet as a few more fun memories came flooding back to him and he couldn't help but smirk for a second before staring into the eyes of his companion.

“Much like her suggestion to bathe. We definitely wanted to do that before she woke” he added as he added the cut up vegetables to the pan and started to brown them as he shifted closer towards Azza and shifted the pan to a cooler part of the fire.

“I didn't want to be surrounded by…” Kylie was interrupted by a quick yawn as she walked out of the dilapidated shed. “... stinky people.''

Leoric laughed and grabbed another few eggs and cracked them over the top of the cooked vegetables before reaching over and grabbing a wooden plate from his side. “Almost perfect timing this morning sweetie, looks like you will have to go get dressed before your breakfast is ready”

An audible groan could be heard as she was halfway to the firepit before turning around and heading back inside to change. There were times she showed her age and this was one of them.

“I’m too tired to get changed.” she muffled as leoric’s ears perked up.

“You know you can't whisper to the wind, it tells me your secrets.” He picked up a stick and poked the fire slightly to move around some coals as some embers were caught with the breeze and flew off into the distance. “Besides, me and Sophia have to get ready to head out pretty soon. We have a long day of travel to reach the next town before sundown. Which means…”

“I get to see Miss Ruby?!” the young girl interrupted and ran off into the shed to quickly change.

“And just like that she goes from complaining to being excited” He shook his head slowly in amusement before flipping the omelet over as he got ready to plate it. “And don’t worry, if she knew something was going to happen before we did. She only knew it would happen, not the details.”

"Don't worry, if she knows, she knows. If not, I'm sure she'll find out. Eventually. Why? You want to give her the details?" His companion asked as the brawler’s face filled with shock before quickly going red before he composed himself.

“No, God no! She is way too young to know about that stuff yet! Besides, it would be quite awkward explaining a lot of what we did…” he trailed off as he plated Kylie’s omelet and placed it on a nearby stump that was used for sitting. “... not that i can remember most of last night right now anyways.”

After a moment of silence the hungover brawler was the one to break it. “Besides, she has told me in the past that if she sees it before it happens it is more just a feeling that it will happen, she can’t see the details as it hasn't actually happened yet.”

"Then there's nothing to worry about! Life is rarely fair about what you see and what you don't." she said, almost comforting the impromptu father figure.

“Anyways, Eat up and get ready for travel, Kylie! Breakfast is done, get your butt out here and eat!”

It wasn’t long before all three had eaten, washed up, and put everything away before they were off towards town. Stopping on the outskirts at a building that looked like it was a little on the run down side. The yard was kept nicely, with a beautiful garden, but it looked like the fence and anything that would require replacing or intense manual labor to fix had begun to fall apart. There was an old man sitting on the front porch with a cup in his hand that smiled and waved at the trio as they approached.

“Hey Donovan, How’s the bones treating ya today?” Leoric joked as he gingerly opened the front gate and ushered Kylie in.

“Oh you know the usual, Creaky and popping as usual” he chuckled before he continued. “I take it you are off to find out what's wrong with our shipments today?”

“Yeah, that would be it. Is Ruby around? I got some coin for her for taking care of Kylie for me.”

“Of course I am around for you,” a sultry voice said as a slender female frame came around the corner of a nearby street. “You know you don’t have to pay me for taking care of your kid, you know. You already take care of us more than enough for us to gladly do this for free.”

“Yeah well, I made a promise to Ryndall that I would make sure you three were always taken care of. It wouldn't sit right for me to ask you to do something for me for free.” Leoric chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head with his right hand. “Oh! Donovan, Ruby, This is Sophia, Sophia, These two are my best friends. I help take care of them, and they help me out in return when I need it.”

“I wouldn’t call it helping you out if you pay us every time.” Ruby said as she stopped right next to Leoric and crossed her arms before playfully jabbing him with her elbow. “Anyways, it is a pleasure to meet you. If this big oaf does anything to bother you let me know and I will straighten him out.”


Leoric went red as a lobster and quickly stood in front of Ruby and pulled out a small coin purse and placed it in her palm before kissing her on the cheek and turning to Azza to get ready to leave.

“Oh! And tell your Little one i will bring him back something from my trip, as he is going to be sad he missed me when he sees Kylie is here.”

Ruby chuckled and casually waved off Leoric. “You know he is only going to want some training. That poor boy looks up to you too much.”

“Yeah yeah I know, maybe i can bring something back that will have him focus on being a kid for a bit longer.” Leoric said as he walked past Azza and threw one more casual wave behind him as he walked away. “Kylie, Behave and don’t give Miss Ruby a hard time.”