Kierie reached out and petted the creature's tail, trembling with nervousness, only to look up in shock at the big creature. [b][color=bc8dbf]"Oh... It's s-soft. And f-fluffy."[/color][/b] She cuddled the tip of the creature's tail, wings flapping excitedly. [color=bc8dbf][b]"Lii-lii, can we keep the kitty?"[/b][/color]

Lyriia rolled her eyes. [b][color=7bcdc8]"No, Kierie, we're not going to take a kitty home. He's too big to fit through our front door, in any case."[/color][/b] Then she heard what the man was saying and froze at the mention of magic. She was only slightly reassured by his comment of not being punished. He was from Silent Rise, after all; didn't everyone there hate her?

Nonetheless, she couldn't bring herself to lie.
[b][color=7bcdc8]"Y-yes sir. I was a student of Master Longarm's. But I w-wasn't originally apprenticed to him for my magic. I was apprenticed to him, b-because he had to save Kintaer because of something stupid I did, and I thought it only right to assist him however I could."[/color][/b]

As she spoke the boy in question came out of the house and gave a stiff bow to Kalim. He was a good bit taller than his older sister, with a crease in his wing as the only mark of his accident when he was younger. He took Kierie from Lyriia, since it seemed like Lii might drop her, as she was so nervous.
[b][color=7bcdc8]"B-but besides the reason for my apprenticeship, y-yes, that's all correct and t-true, S-Sire."[/color][/b] Lii curtsied, trying to hide how badly she was trembling and not succeeding at it even remotely.

Kierie took the shards of the honey candy. [b][color=bc8dbf]"O-oh, thank y-you!"[/color][/b] she put one in her mouth and offered one to Kintaer. [b][color=bc8dbf]"Try it, it's y-yummy!"[/color][/b]