Noah found it surprising Elann was taught by her father. He would’ve thought the man too busy running their tribe to teach his children anything. From the way Elann often explained her society it seemed the women were in charge of many things pertaining to the household. To him, education of children was under the same umbrella. Upon her explaining though, he thought differently. He nodded at what she said, not finding it as surprising that she was versed in mathematics. He’d seen her bargaining and shopping before, so he figured being good at math came with the territory.

She commented on why she thought he learned so quickly and so well, leaving it short and simple. He nodded in half agreement and in half just taking her words as they were in observation. He couldn’t say for sure about himself, but he took her words about him to heart. 

Noah pushed away from the window and went around Elann going towards his dresser. He ran his hand over the top of it before pulling open the topmost drawer. He moved aside some of the clothes he left behind, clothes that were probably too small now, and retrieved a small glass case. Closing the drawer, he set it on the desk and opened it, revealing a collection of jewelry: rings, necklaces, earrings, and a smattering of charms.

“You’re wearing the earrings I bought for you,” he said, looking down into the open case.

He reached inside and took a handful of the jewelry out, setting it on the desktop. There were a collection of gold and silver pieces, though most of them were gold. They still held their shine for the most part, well taken care of by him when he still had them. He sorted the rings from the necklaces then went and grouped gold with its likeness and silver with its own before trying to fit the rings over his fingers, mostly to see if the smaller ones still fit and if the bigger ones finally fit him.