Giang

[Color Me Fubar]

"I don't know anything about sharing a Warder," Kiae admitted. "Absolutely nothing, except tales of Rand al'Thor. And most of those are lies," she said with a laugh. "I'm not a woman that Bonds someone on a whim, or without a good reason. I want to help you - and yes, I want your help," she admitted. "But what I was hoping for was friendship."  

[Ethin Thayne]

"Did you not think I would want one as well?" he asked scandalized at the very thought of her not thinking he would want as much.  

[Color Me Fubar]

"As I said before - I believed I was regulated to acting bloodhound and bait," she said with a faint smile. "That was what you told your Aes Sedai, at least. For a moment I thought you were proud to be my Warder, and all that," she admitted, flushing slightly. "What was I supposed to believe? What am I supposed to believe? I hate the bloody word games other Sisters play, with everyone it seems," she added heatedly.  

[Ethin Thayne]

"Oh Light no, Kiae! I spoke with haste, not properly wording what I had said to Esole. I am proud to be your Warder. People do make mistakes when they talk," he said defensively. He tried to regain his composure by petting the cat.  

[Color Me Fubar]

"I do as well. Most of the time," Kiae replied, smiling at him. "At least Esole was calmed slightly by your hasty explanation - even I could tell that. And I'm used to people thinking me nothing more than a Healer, and occasionally a person," she admitted with a sigh. "Being useful is more than I'm usually taken for."  

[Ethin Thayne]

Ethin smiled faintly in return. "It does seem she was though I know she and I have quite a bit to talk about later. Perhaps I can correctly explain it to her then," he said slowly, hoping his inevitable conversation with Esole would be a long while from now. He was worried things might get out of hand.  

[Color Me Fubar]

"And I apologize for Healing you without permission," she added abruptly. "I don't normally do that."
She paused, and shook herself a little. "I am proud to have you as a Warder, Ethin. I think you'll be better than most. Maybe even on par with my over-protective Andurael," she said jokingly, smiling.  

[Ethin Thayne]

Ethin chuckled wryly. "Think nothing of it. I should thank you for doing so. I'd probably be lying down with a couple of broken ribs if it had not been for you," he said smiling, glad that he and Kiae had smoothed things over. "Speaking of Andurael, where is the fellow?"  

[Color Me Fubar]

"I'm not sure," Kiae said, with a slight frown. "Busy with something, I think. Light knows where Andurael is - see? Even with traveling companions, I end up by myself, in a stable, with a horse and another stray cat," she said, a sad sort of smile appearing on her lips.  

[Ethin Thayne]

Ethin arched an eyebrow playfully. "So does that make me invisible?" he asked jokingly, trying to rise her spirits.  

[Color Me Fubar]

"I suppose it does," she said in mock thought, and grinned. "I suppose the fact you're sitting in the hay with me makes you a good Warder, if not a friend," she added, with a suddenly-bright smile at the thought.  

[Ethin Thayne]

Ethin grinned broadly, glad that things were going so well. "What better place than a stable to prove friendship?" he said happily. Peaking around the corner of the stall, he noticed another cat, this one a small kitten.
Instantly, he was beaming down at the little animal and was mewing at him trying to get it to come to him.  

[Color Me Fubar]

Kiae stared at him in shock, and then saw the kitten, a gray one. She began laughing, and bent over as she gasped for breath, tears in her eyes.
"I've never seen anyone so devoted to a cat!" she managed, sucking air into her lungs a few moments later. "Are you only like that with cats?" she asked through her laughter.  

[Ethin Thayne]

Ethin stared at her, laughing at her reaction. "I love any form of felines. Esole and I love the little animals, but she is not quite as crazy about them as me," he said, face flushing deeply as the cat sat on his lap.