“Well. So much for campfire conversation,” Azza said with a glance towards Kylie as she sipped her soup. Watching Leoric go through his routine was certainly an interesting spectacle and while impressive, Azza didn’t quite feel that it was too practical. Practicing alone could only get one so far and Azza knew better than most. When Leoric finished, or seemed to have, he remained there at his last position, balancing on a post with only one leg in the same fashion of storks waiting to spear a fish.

Kylie replied with a weak smile as she took her own meal quietly. For Azza, it was a bit awkward as well as she didn’t exactly know what to make of the situation. Leoric and his young charge certainly didn’t look related and even if they were, Leoric didn’t seem the type to go out of his way to take care of a child. Well, at least that was what first impressions of the man told Azza. That being said, it was to Azza’s surprise when the young girl broke the silence first. “I’ve never seen anyone else with horns before. I mean, I have, just not this close to be able to talk with them aside from my mother.”

“There’s a surprising amount of people with horns, you know? Sometimes you can’t see them.” It was only after that Azza said that did she realize how stupid it sounded. She quickly added, “Some hide them with magic or a hood or hat and others disguise them as accessories and the like. I used to hide mine with a large hat a long time ago. But I was rather lucky. I didn’t really need to and did so because I was self conscious.”

The expression of the younger girl fell as she muttered, “My mother and I weren’t so lucky…ah, but I’m okay now. Leoric takes care of me really well.” Does he? Something on Azza’s face probably gave away her doubt to the younger girl. “I don’t need much and he gives more than enough.”

Glancing over at the man standing out in the middle of the water, Azza couldn’t help but smirk a little at the thought before looking at Kylie. “Sounds more like you’re the one taking care of him. But, if you ever want to be somewhere with other kids, there’s an orphanage in Underwood that I grew up at. The matron there is really dependable.”

Kylie frowned. “But I already have Leoric.”

“Yeah, I mean that, if he ever needed someone to watch you while he… does whatever he does…” trailing off, Azza rubbed at the back of her neck somewhat abashed. “Well, maybe I’m just being nosy.”

A bit of silence followed as the two of them continued their meals. It certainly wasn’t a feast in terms of quantity, but at the rate of both of them barely nibbling their food made it last. Eventually, it was Kylie who broke the silence again. “You’re… a good person, aren’t you?”

Azza managed an empty smile. “I don’t know why you’d say that to someone you just met, but thanks.”

“I mean it! I can- I can see things. About people’s pasts and sometimes even the future.”

“Clairvoyance?” A quick glance over at Leoric yielded little more than just the man still standing there- did he change which foot he was standing on? Could the child read her memories or mind or perhaps even soul? This would certainly be an unprecedented thing and certainly a threat perceived by her order. Then again the mention of seeing the future had Azza more curious than worried. “How much can you see exactly?”

Kylie shrugged as she continued sipping at her soup. “Sometimes it’s pieces and fragments and sometimes it can be months of events surrounding someone or something.” The girl frowned again, seeming unsure why she was even divulging so much to a stranger. Or was it perhaps that Azza felt familiar to her? Whatever the reason, Kylie managed to form a grin. “It’s usually a bit confusing for me. I don’t really know what’s going on and it’s not like a memory I’m seeing or reading the minds and feelings. Just, watching what happens. Like a play from the bards and I don’t get to control it. Sometimes it just happens too.”

“I see…” Mulling the idea over in her head, Azza figured that even if she ever mentioned it off-hand to her mentor, Kylie would be safe. Probably. Maybe better to just not mention it at all. “Well, I’m sorry if you ever see anything bad from my past then.”

Kylie laughed and looked over to her caretaker. “Being around Leoric means I’ve already gotten to see plenty of bad things. But he’s changed a lot from what he used to be. He’s a good person too.”

“... yeah. I guess anyone can change for the better if they try. Guess I know that better than most.”