forum Touch The Sky//One-On-One//Closed

Started March 03, 2019 by @gracehustle

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“They’re really not much more dangerous than jellyfish, you just have to be careful around them,” She replied, “They’re just protecting themselves.”

"Yeah I guess that makes sense" Keiran answered

Nautia nodded, “Are there any interesting animals on land or in the air besides the birds that fly over the water?”

"There are so many different animals and birds, I haven't even seen or heard of them all." He answered

"Well, can you tell me about the ones you have seen or heard of?" She asked, smiling and hoping he would have some stories to tell about the animals on land.

Keiran thought for a moment, letting out a breath of air as he did so. "Well there are large animals like elephants and giraffes, elephants are these massive grey creatures , I think they are usually around 3 meters tall and they have these big wide floppy ears and a really long nose called their trunk. Giraffes are also really big but their body and heads are a fairly normal side just they have these big long necks and long legs that they use to get food from tall trees. They are both pretty silly looking animals." He laughed lightly. "There are also things like bears, they are these like chubby fluffy things with a wide head and they are like, maybe a meter tall maybe less. They look pretty cute but you don't really want to mess with bears." He stated moving on to the next animal he could think of. "Their are all kinds of little animals too like Squirrels and Chipmunks, they are small and fluffy and have long fluffy tails, they like eating nuts and they are usually in trees. They are pretty cute." He answered, stopping there as to try not to overwhelm her with animals.

Nautia closed her eyes and imagined all the animals with a content smile, happily listening to him. They all sounded so unique and different, with way more variation than she was used to. “Wow…” She said softly, eyes opening as she looked back over to him, “You’ve seen all those animals?”

"Yeah! I've seen lots of animals in my travels." He paused, trying to think what kind of animals would potentially be on this island. Probably mostly birds…and bugs? "Hold on, I'll be right back I want to show you something." Keiran stood up and waited for the go ahead.

She nodded with a smile, waving that he could go as she flicked water over herself with her tail. Her mind drifted to imagining the animals again and she wished she was a human. Walking on land sounded much more interesting than swimming around, though technically she could form human legs, it was absolutely forbidden to walk along with humans and animals like she wished to.

Keiran smiled and walked off into the trees. He searched around some trees for a few minutes before walking back to the beach, his hands cupped around something.

“What did you find?” Nautia asked, head tipped to the side in curiosity. She watched his hands carefully, curious as to what he had found even just on the island.

He sat back down beside her and opened up his hand revealing a tiny, scaled, greenish brownish patterned creature with 4 legs and a long tail. "This is a lizard, a very small one you can find ones that are really big too." He explained, holding out the lizard to show her and shifting his hands around as the lizard crawled about.

She gasped and her eyes lit up, amazed at the tiny creature in his hands. Gingerly, she reached out and placed her hand next to his, the edge of her hand brushing up lightly against his so the lizard could crawl into her hand. “It’s scales are similar to mine…amazing,” She murmured, focused on the creature as it crawled about.

The lizard crawled into Nautias hand and Keiran put his hands down onto his lap. "Their are other scaled animals on land too, like snakes they are like…a chubby noodle." He chuckled lightly at the only description he could think of. "They don't have legs or arms so they just kind of wiggle around."

She laughed slightly at his description and held both hands together so the lizard could move around, “So like an eel?” Her eyes showed how fascinated she was with the lizard and in her head she decided she would have to explore this island, even if it was forbidden to do so.

"Yeah! Like an eel." He answered, recalling what eels looked like from a book he used to read when he was younger.

She smiled, thinking of the giant and mean eels she was used to and deciding the snakes he was describing couldn’t be as mean as them. The lizard apparently had enough of being held and scrambled out of her hands, dropping to the ground and scrambling off before she could do anything about it. “A lizard,” She repeated, putting the name to the animal and tucking the information away in her brain.

Keiran watched as the little lizard scrambled away, disappearing into the island. "That one is very small, you can find lizards that are a lot bigger."

“What’s the biggest one you’ve seen?” She asked, genuinely interested. Her attention drifted to the clouds for a moment before she looked back at him with a smile, “I want to explore the island.”