“Not in my life. I don’t cook,” Molly said, grinning easily at Aira, “but I’m not picky. Food is food, it isn’t some big deal so long as it’s edible.” Making her words all the more true, the beekeeper used an eating knife to flip the flip. It tore open more and the dank aroma filled the house while the hearth warmed it.
“You’re…” she’d been about to say young but Aira…”an adult now, I suspect you’ll need to earn some money. Since you like the water why don’t you work at the docks? You could work on a ship or maybe you could do fishing. You’ve never tried it as a human, it might be something new for you to learn and you could find new ways to catch fish. And don’t be saying you’re useless; you’ve done things for me today! Just because you don’t know what you want to learn doesn’t mean you aren’t useful. You’re a citizen of Zeltiva, have pride in that and help the city grow. Everything helps.”
Molly startled, Aira had eaten the fish raw. “You sure you don’t want me to cook that? You’re not an otter.” She pointed out obviously.
“The fish is burning.” Leo said. Smoke filled the air and in a tick Molly had the pan adding new scorch marks to the table. She pulled out some forks, then took pan and all to the bunk. She fed Leo and herself equally, “You’re free to come over whenever you want, we can play any time I’m not working and in winter there’s hardly any work! Tomorrow we can go out and search for things you like to do, too.”
She left Leo the food and proceeded to make room for Aira. No matter with form they could steal the blanket and cloak and make a bed by the hearth. It’d be another night of terrible sleep but she’d have company to keep things interesting.
“You’re…” she’d been about to say young but Aira…”an adult now, I suspect you’ll need to earn some money. Since you like the water why don’t you work at the docks? You could work on a ship or maybe you could do fishing. You’ve never tried it as a human, it might be something new for you to learn and you could find new ways to catch fish. And don’t be saying you’re useless; you’ve done things for me today! Just because you don’t know what you want to learn doesn’t mean you aren’t useful. You’re a citizen of Zeltiva, have pride in that and help the city grow. Everything helps.”
Molly startled, Aira had eaten the fish raw. “You sure you don’t want me to cook that? You’re not an otter.” She pointed out obviously.
“The fish is burning.” Leo said. Smoke filled the air and in a tick Molly had the pan adding new scorch marks to the table. She pulled out some forks, then took pan and all to the bunk. She fed Leo and herself equally, “You’re free to come over whenever you want, we can play any time I’m not working and in winter there’s hardly any work! Tomorrow we can go out and search for things you like to do, too.”
She left Leo the food and proceeded to make room for Aira. No matter with form they could steal the blanket and cloak and make a bed by the hearth. It’d be another night of terrible sleep but she’d have company to keep things interesting.