MANual Labour

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The stoned pathways and 'roadways' of the city had gotten to a horrible state, the worst state you would have been able to lay eyes upon. Huge potholes, rough spots, uneven stonework, you name the type of problem that could be attributed to a road, and the city roadways of Avaleur had them. In fact it was a well known fact that any stage coach, carriage, cart or anything else of the like had to use the main roadway if they hoped to make it to their destination without damaging their construction to a point where more money would be spent trying to repair the cart then it did to ship the goods or people.
With winter well out of the way the city was handing out jobs to the people to repair the damaged roads. The more intelligent workers were put in charge of laying the brick and stone, so that everything would be placed correctly and with great precision, while the less educated in those types of areas where put into the deconstruction and carriers. Delliks fit in with the harder labour. Because of his strong back, shoulders, and arms, he was an ideal candidate for tearing up the old stonework.

The man was drenched at this point of the day, they had just finished their short lunch break and had begun again on the side roads. Delliks swung a heavy pickaxe to break between the stones and then used a pry-bar to left up the stone, the works were told to try and save as much as they could which made the work even harder.
As he continued the rigorous process, his biceps and triceps bulged out and shone in the sunlight, enhanced by the coat of sweat. He was without his jacket today, not even wearing a shirt, the work got hot and with spring starting to show its face, it increased the men's temperatures so he would need much clothing. His chest dirty, with mostly dirt and the like from lifting up and crushing stone. With another swing of the pickaxe, he stopped for a moment to wipe his brow, it was differently MANual Labour, he smirked a little bit thinking about it to himself, but the pay was good, and it was quite the workout! He couldn't complain.
He loaded up the wheelbarrow with the chunks of stone before moving on to the next section, only hundreds of more roadway to rip up, then he could be carrying loads of stone and fixing elements to the builders.

Aside from the work, the shops were still open and relatively busy, of course due to the detours shoppers would need to make they weren't as busy as normal, and the construction of the roads brought a few spectators, mostly young children, as the city hadn't seen something like this happen in a long while.

[Kitami Aklia]

Isonette felt incredibly, totally, and wonderfully naughty. Today was the dull servant girl’s last day of employment, though she had yet to know. And she had been duller than ever. Her job was to watch Izzy when Kitami was away and help Kit with housework when she returned. The girl instead dug into the food cupboard this morning after Kitami left, ignoring Isonette’s cries. She then sat her stupid self by the fire and slept, shooing Izzy away whenever the child wanted to play or hear a story. So Izzy decided to get revenge in the best form she currently knew. Through her Mama. Izzy pulled on a light cloak, dressed into one of her simpler dresses for play, and left the cottage with the dull servant brat behind. The stupid girl was snoozing so well that she probably wouldn’t rouse till Kitami got home today, and Mama would throw a fit when she saw Isonette was gone. The child wouldn’t be surprised if Mama tore her to shreds. Of course this would be a double edged sword and she’d likely get into trouble for running off, but it would be a fun story to tell Papa and her brothers.

She made her way to the town, skipping and singing. When she entered the town she was surprised to see so much construction going on. The roadways were getting torn up and replaced. It looked awfully messy. She wandered about a bit, a smile on her face. Ever since arriving to Avaleur she had come quite a ways. In Merovech she was too scared to even look someone in the eyes, mostly because of the look they gave her in return. She feared those whispers, feared the mocking laughter of the children, and it hurt. All she had was Papa, Mama, and her brothers, and even then sometimes she didn’t get to see them as often. The situation was strange. She knew Papa and Mama were not mates, yet they had a pup, and she knew somehow it was wrong that Papa and her brothers came to see her. She didn’t grasp the situation completely but she understood that much.

A scent made her stop. She knew that scent! She turned, seeing a small group of children watching the workers, and she hurried over. She knew one of those workers. She stepped up, trying to find the one she knew, but a boy much bigger than her purposely stepped into her line of sight. She pouted and tried peering around him, only for him to move again. Oh good. A bully. There had been many of those in Merovech.

“Stupid girl.” The boy said, then he and his friends chuckled, like there was some secret joke in the petty insult. Isonette frowned. She had been bullied in Merovech, and she did not want to suffer the same here! She was the daughter of an Alpha after all. She took a breath and glared at the boy, and after a moment or two of him smirking back she gave him a harsh shove, making him tip over and hit the ground. The boy stared up at her in surprise, his friends staring as well.

“You ugly peasant!” He shouted in anger, which he was rewarded with a small foot to his nose. Isonette didn’t even kick him that hard, but his nose started bleeding, and within moments he ran off, crying for his Mama. Izzy smirked, nodded. Good! That’ll teach him to mess with a du Ponteloc! With his bulk out of the way she saw the blonde haired human clearly.

“Delliks!” She called, waving to the human. “Hi!”

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Delliks continued to chip away at the roadway and stack up what would be deemed as reusable stone.
The man smirked as he looked up to see the guards beginning to concentrate around the area, big boy Gwilym would be one his way. The guards we're there to make sure nothing happened or got out of hand. The Goragonian had ended up in jail for some reason, Delliks hadn't asked him the reason yet, but his sentence had been reduced by his cooperation to help rebuild the city streets, evidently he wasn't seen as to much of a threat, otherwise they wouldn't have let him out so easily.

Sure enough the large Stellio appeared, lugging around chains with him, he wore them like accessories as they seemed to hardly he see his movement at all.
Gwilym made it over to Delliks and lifted the large stack of stones with ease.
"Oi', this be all the rock you been able to lift up mate?" He asks jokingly, "Ah only left about an hour ago."
"Paid by the hour eh Gwilym," Delliks winks at Gwilym, he is joking of course. The two I then had begun to become friends while working, he was a good guy, Gwilym, an he wondered what got him in prison in the first place.

The two heard Delliks' name being called and Gwilym spots the little girl first, "Looks like you have en admirer there, ya really do attract all the ladies don't ya mate?"
Gwilym chuckles as he carries off the stone to where it is needed.

Delliks smiled and laughed slightly at the joke, he looked around for Izzy's mother as well but didn't see her... Great, he could lose his job if he just up and left, but if the little girl was lost...

He sighed, keeping his smile and waved.
"Hello there Missy," he stuck the pick-axe into the ground before folding his arms and looking at her with a raised eyebrow, "Running off again eh?" He smirked shaking his head, although it was what little kids did, even he in his childhood did very similar things.

[Kitami Aklia]

Izzy made her way over to Delliks, beaming up at him. She did like the human. He seemed nice for one anyways. She peeked around him to watch Gwilym walk off with a huge stack of stone in his arms. She eyed the chains a moment, wondering why they were there. Did he get into trouble? Probably. Adults normally were chained up when they got into trouble. She regarded Delliks again when he asked his question. She giggled and gave a nod.

“Oui. Mama is working now, and the servant girl who is supposed to watch me is sleeping, so off I ran!” She said, smiling. She didn’t mention that she did this on purpose to get the girl in trouble. The only person who really needed to know that was Isonette herself. She could find her way back home. Her tracking skill wasn’t the best but she knew the route well enough.

“Is the big man in trouble?” She asked, pointing to Gwilym. “He looks like it. He’s stronger than you are!” She said, curious about the man in chains. Why was he in trouble? Why did the guards want to keep him? What did he do? It must have been awful to be bound in chains! Izzy would hate it. She’d try everything in her power to cast them off, but maybe it wasn’t so bad when the chains hardly seemed to hinder the man.

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Delliks couldn't help but smile as the cute little girl beamed up at him when she approached, great, the small child cute look.
He thought if how to respond to that, perhaps he would deal with the less serious first, then he would have no choice but to ask if she was going to get in trouble for running off.

"You think he is stronger than me eh?" He holds a serious face for only a moment before laughing, "I suppose I can't argue with that, Gwilym there is like FOUR of me!" He chuckled.
He scratched his chin, should he make assumptions as to why he was in trouble, if he gave him more credit then Izzy could get hurt, but really he seemed like a giant teddy bear.

"Not in too much, it just looks bad because if they used anything else he would just break it with ease." He wasn't sure if that would make any since, time for an example, "Like if you wanted to make sure and keep a little girl in the house, you wouldn't go sleeping around eh?" He smirked.

"Now your mother won't be stringing your sitter up for this is will she?" It was a phase used back in his home country, he hadn't thought of if she would know it or not.

[Kitami Aklia]

Izzy looked at Gwylim again as Delliks gave his explanation. She eyed the man for a long while before dismissing the issue altogether. She supposed she was satisfied with the explanation for now. Not that it was important. She was just curious after all. She looked back to Delliks as he asked his question. She tilted her head at his phrase, and after a moment of thought she decided it’s meaning must have meant the equivalent of being hung or something.

“She probably will be colère. The girl will probably lose her job too.” Izzy said simply, not seeming to have any remorse, since she had none. Perhaps the girl shouldn’t have been so stupid! Isonette felt no empathy for the girl.

“Are you fixing the roads?” She asked, walking over to a stone that had been ripped up and climbing on it. “Mama said they needed it. She said that she was tired of the mud puddles the road makes when it rains cause I like to splash in them.” She said, before smiling guiltily to Delliks. “Splashing in mud is fun though! Très amusant! ” She added, hopping off the stone. She paused though, seeing a man stomping his way towards them, the boy she kicked walking behind him. Judging from appearances the man was the boy’s father, and judging from the boy’s lack of sniveling and smirk on his face she supposed the father was coming over to yell at her. A mix of emotions flooded her. Fear, pride, and even something that felt like challenging the man. She stepped closer to Delliks though, the man having a threatening glare on his face when the boy pointed her out.

“You there! Little brat!” He shouted, pointing at her. “You! Who do you think you are, hurting my boy!?”

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Getting people in trouble... Some day she would learn what comes around goes around. But as a child revenge wasn't much of an issue as it was a small joke or 'time-out' in the corner. It was much more serious with adults, he hoped the young girl would learn to let people off the hook rather than twist it deeper.

"Yes Missy, you are correct, I am slaving away out here so you can't splash in puddles." He smirked, "Your mom arranged the whole thing."
He noticed she stepped closer to him and looked to where her eyes had wandered. He saw a boy and his father, did she know them? They didn't look too pleased.
Delliks, after listening for a bit, couldn't take anymore of the yelling at Izzy,

"Kids will be kids eh?" He chuckles stepping closer to the girl to show him he was watching over her, "Don't worry about your boy, he'll be fine, toughen him up if anything. I mean I'm sure he won't get best up by girls all the time." He sort of smiled awkwardly, maybe not the best choice of words there at the end.

[Kitami Aklia]

The man’s gaze swung from Izzy to Delliks, and his face turned a darker shade of red, either from anger, embarrassment, or both. The boy gave a pout when Delliks pointed out that he was indeed beaten up by a girl. The man stood huffing where he was a moment before jabbing his finger at Delliks.

“And you! Who are you!? Are you this little brat’s father!?” He demanded. Isonette recoiled at the question, seeming shocked at the idea of Delliks being her father.

“Non! He is not my Papa! If my Papa were here he’d have you torn to pieces by now for yelling at me!” She said. The man glared back down to her.

“Shut up! This is a discussion for adults!!” He nearly screamed at her. Izzy stood by, feeling annoyed and confused. If it was a conversation for the adults why did he start by approaching her and screeching at her? She did not like the way he spoke to her though. And she very much didn’t appreciate the faces the boy made at her either. It made her want to kick him again. The man regarded Delliks again.

“You!! You need to learn to keep your little snot nosed, spoiled, ugly children at home! She deserves a good beating for picking a fight with my boy!!” He yelled, seeming to be unable to keep his volume to a decent level. His yelling was hurting Izzy’s sensitive ears.

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Delliks looked down at Izzy, discussing with her about his nonsense, "It seems like I am the only adult here however eh Izzy?" he chuckles. Finishing up with Izzy before he regards the other man.

Delliks snorted in return, "Fight? My apologizes sir, but what you seem to have described to me was no fight. More like a beating eh? Now scurry along, your barking isn't very pleasant to try and ignore." he took his pick axe back out of the ground and sit it upon his shoulder before sighing to make sure he could get the man to leave. "Some folks have work to do, and dealing with the likes of you has proven to be largely a waste of time."

[Kitami Aklia]

Izzy giggled as Delliks pointed out that it had not been a fight between her and the boy. She had simply beaten him. It made her feel good that she stood up for herself and that an adult was also standing up for her and her choices. She silenced herself though when the man’s face turned an even darker shade of red, something she didn’t think was possible. He was nearly gasping with anger. Izzy thought that the man should perhaps calm himself before he died of a heart attack or something. The man was glaring at Delliks, and if looks could kill Delliks would be dead twice over.

“I demand you do something about this!” He screeched, stomping his foot, resembling a child more than an adult. “And if you don’t knock some sense into that child’s head I certainly will!” He actually took a step forward to Delliks and Izzy. Izzy stepped further behind Delliks, but the man halted when a voice spoke up.

“Oh? And what kind of sense do you plan knocking into my daughter’s head?” The man whirled to find Kitami standing behind him, arms crossed. His eyes dropped to her breasts a moment, before traveling up her slender neck to her pretty but fiercely angry brown eyes.

“This brat is your daughter!? She picked a fight with my boy and I demand she be punished.” The man yelled, repeating himself. He stepped up to Kitami, finding the woman who stood in a wrinkled and very simple dress easier to approach. He had a notion he could boss her around. He jabbed his fnger into Kitami’s chest.

“I suggest you smack your brat a good one before I do! I think you should-“ He said, but was cut off when Kitami reached up, took hold of his finger he continually jabbed into her chest, and in one simple move completely dislocated it. There was a soft popping sound from his hand, and when she pulled her own back the finger on his hand was bent a painful angle backwards. Isonette gasped, and watched the man turn from red to white in under a minute. The man let out a screech, his hand shaking, gibbering some insults to Kitami, who silenced them by smacking the man over the head.

“You ever dare to suggest you’ll put your hands on my daughter again I’ll be sure to rip you apart.” Kitami said calmly, though her cheeks were red with anger. “How dare you even think of coming over here and yelling at a child because your own is a fat blubbering mess!? You speak a word to my child again you won’t live to speak another.” She said. Isonette peeked around Delliks. The scary thing was, she was quite sure her Mama was serious. No one knew of course, but Kitami was a werewolf, and she was more than capable of ripping this man to shreds as she said. The man said nothing, simply stood there in shock, clutching at her hand. Kitami turned, ignoring the man entirely now.

“And you, Isonette. What are you doing away from your sitter?” She asked, eyebrow raised. Izzy immediately regretted her decision to run off now. She slipped completely behind Delliks now, hiding from Kitami. Kitami sighed and looked to Delliks. “Hello again. I see you’ve been doing a fine job of keeping men from beating my girl. Thank you for that.” She said, though she didn’t smile. She was clearly too pissed to smile.

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Delliks was under oath not to fight others unless it was for someone or something else other than himself. But one more step towards Izzy and he would have been able to justify knocking the man to the ground, although it would have certainly cost him his job.

The man saw Kitami before anyone else, and he smiled, chuckling a bit as well, knowing that she would probably be like a mother bear protecting her cub. Much worse to deal with than any normal bear. Delliks would know, bears were common in Core. Now it was Delliks' turn to just sit back and watch the show.
He heard the pop of the man's finger, although rather quiet from the distance he was at. It did make him cringe a bit, but why would you think it was smart to poke at some woman? Just showed how utterly foolish this man truly was.

Before he knew it, it was over and Isonette was behind him even further. Afraid of something new.
"It was no trouble M'Lady." he tilted his head to look slightly behind him at the cowering girl, "Come on out now Izzy. Part of deciding to run off is deciding to be brave enough to face the consequences." he looked back at Kitami, who was too pissed off to smile, but she wore a smile much better than this face of anger, perhaps a joke to lighten her mood.
"Any longer and I think the man would have felt the wrath of the mighty Izzy eh?"

[Kitami Aklia]

Isonette knew Delliks was right. She chose to run off and knew there’d be some trouble for her, but she didn’t think it would arrive so soon, or with Kitami in such an angry mood. Still, she did not like the idea any more just because it was inevitable. She did finally step out from behind Delliks, looking at the ground and kicking at a stone. She dared not look her mother in the eye.

Delliks didn’t make Kit smile, but he did bring a smirk onto her features. Her anger wasn’t completely diffused but it was weakening. She turned her gaze to her daughter, who stood looking utterly guilty.

“You should not have run off Isonette. I hope you won’t give Hanna this kind of grief.” She said. Izzy looked up.

“Oh non, Mama! I like Hanna much more than the servant girl. I’ll be good for Hanna!” She said, looking hopeful. Kitami eyed her before crossing her arms.

“Even so, extra chores for a week. And I’ll let Hanna know so you cannot shirk your duties when with her.” She said. Izzy looked like Kitami slapped her, and she let out a half groan, half whine, which was silenced by the sharp look her Mama gave her. Kitami once more looked to Delliks.

“He may have seen Izzy’s wrath but he wouldn’t live long after seeing mine.” She remarked, shooting an icy look to the man, who was currently conversing with what looked like his eldest son. The son looked at Kitami, angry, but his look of anger drained from his face when his gaze met Kit’s. He seemed to no longer want to challenge her.

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Delliks chuckled as he listened to the dealing of the punishment. And he was happy he at least got a smirk from the woman.

"Cheer up little one, chores are not so bad. When I was a lad my grandmother would put me in the stocks with a plate of cookies just inches from my nose. Just out of reach." He smiled at his story, a bit overexagerated though it was.

The little girl seemed to have been getting a new nanny, he hoped they knew what they were getting into... Children were a handful.

"Ah yes, we'll that is pride for you M'Lady, strong enough venom to infect even the strongest of men."
As Delliks said this, Gwilym, still covered in chains and followed closely by guards, walked over with the clinking of his accessories.

"Oi' mate," he says as he slumps down a bunch of supplies for the road off to the side and grabs himself a pickaxe.
"The blokes in charge will get mity upset with you if ya don't get your zone done soon. Ah'll pick up the slack.." His first eyelid, a clear piece of skin, winks at the man. Thinking he was flirting with Kit or something. The Stellio didn't recognize her, him being feral at the time.

"Thanks Gwil." Delliks smiles before bringing his attention back to Kitami, he hadnt, like most wouldn't, noticed the wink of a Stellio.
"So how is the house then? And I assume you've got a job if you can afford a nanny."

[Kitami Aklia]

Izzy looked at Delliks as he explained his awful childhood story. She even gave him a horrified look. She wasn’t really one for cookies, but how cruel to do such a thing! Isonette could never imagine her Mama or Papa doing something like that to her. Regardless Delliks seemed to have diffused Kitami a bit, and Izzy stepped out from behind the man to join her mother’s side. Kitami placed a hand on top of her head absently, stroking the bright red hair that the pup inherited from her mother.

“Pride.” Kitami said softly, and a bit bitterly. “Yes, I know about men and their pride. It does indeed unravel them and it has the nasty habit of affecting others as well.” Izzy glanced at her Mama, and then looked away. She wasn’t sure, but she thought that particular comment was directed towards Papa. She had an idea that there were many things Papa has done that her Mama would never forgive, and whatever those things were, they just crossed the woman’s mind.

She became distracted as the large lizard man approached and spoke. Izzy stared with wide yellow eyes, one hand holding her mother’s skirts. After a moment she realized how babyish that seemed and released Kit’s skirts. Kitami too looked to the Stellio, head tilted, and she looked a tad amused.

“Yes, I have a job at the infirmary as a nurse.” Kitami said, still looking at Gwilym. After a moment or two she spoke to him.

“I’m glad you’re feeling better. You’ve improved much since the last I saw you.” She said, not expecting him to completely understand, since he didn’t seem to recognize her. She turned back to Delliks.

“The house is fine, but it needs some work. Actually, since I have you here, would you mind perhaps doing some roof work? There is this leak in Izzy’s closet, and I can’t have it ruining her clothes.” She said, looking to her daughter. “We can’t have Pere fixing everything on his own now, can we?”
She asked, Isonette smiling. No, making her big brother do everything wasn’t good, even if he volunteered for it.

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Delliks gazed into Kitami's eyes and watche as they seemed to drift elsewhere as she spoke about her feelings on pride. He wondered if she understood that he meant all people when he said men. She supposed she had an experience somewhere... Best to change the subject. Luckily for him Gwilym did that for him.

The attention shifted to Gwilym as he walked over to the group. By the look on her face she had seen him before and it didn't take him long to put the pieces together.
The large Stellio threw the pick down and released a huge chunk of brick which he lifted and set to the side.
"Oi'?" Gwilym sat it down and looked over to her. She must have been there when he was molting, "Oh, yea it was jus a bit of moultin' pains. Ah thank ya for whatever it was that you helped me wit." He smiled and nodded his head to her before going back to work.

Delliks didn't know who Pere was but he sure needed the money.
"Yeah, I can come over and fix it up. What times will work for you? I could come in the morning or early evenings." He wasn't sure how he would get out of work here but he was sure he could get out of one day or two.

[Kitami Aklia]

The wolf watched the stellio work a bit longer, looking a tad amused. She was glad to be thanked, but she felt that she hadn’t done much of anything when the situation occurred in the infirmary. Then again she didn’t contribute to its spiraling out of control either, so that was a plus. It was nice to see him well though, and that was what made the job worth it. She was glad she enjoyed healing people so much. She turned back to Delliks as he began to speak business, Izzy squirming where she stood with boredom.

“I don’t get out of work until the evening usually. And if you came early evening the light might fail on you. You could always stop by in the mornings when I’m not home. Izzy would be home, as well as her nanny. I could let Hanna know you’re dropping by, make sure the payment is ready for you?” She suggested. This was assuming that Hanna and Izzy were indeed home of course. The nanny, being a wolf like Kit and Izzy, was given permission to take the pup out into the woods to teach her how to be a wolf. But if there was a day promised for work Kitami could make sure both were home. Maybe she could take the day off and be home as well. Isonette would certainly enjoy that.

“Mama, must I be inside when he comes?” Isonette asked, for some reason thinking being home meant literally staying inside the house. Kitami smiled and patted her daughter’s head.

“No, dearheart. You can play outside.” She said. Izzy beamed.

“Then I can watch Delliks work?” She asked. Kitami blinked, then laughed. Izzy successfully killed any last bit of anger Kitami retained.

“Isonette you little flirt. Papa would be in a fit if he knew you were already watching boys.” She said, a blush crossing Izzy’s features. The girl smiled at Delliks before hiding her face behind her mother. Kit looked back to Delliks. “How much would you require for the service?” She asked.

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Delliks chuckled, "Watching men actually." he smirked. The mornings, he could do that, of course if he got lost on his way that meant he was going to be late for sure, if it was the evenings he could have left for the house early. But since it was morning it would be harder to head over earlier.

"Just a leaky roof? I suppose I'll accept a hot lunch then." he smiled, a homecooked meal would suit him just fine, especially since he hadn't had one in awhile. And there was also the news, Kitami did seem to be married, since she did say Papa after all.

"I'll just come over tomorrow then eh? I better do it soon, otherwise the storm will make things worse for you." he had a thing for knowing the weather, he could just tell when it would rain. "Will I need to bring any tools?"

[Kitami Aklia]

“Men, yes.” Kitami corrected herself, smiling at Delliks. For a human he had his charm. Kitami liked him, and she was glad to see Isonette was capable of interacting with males other than her father and brothers. Boys her own age might be an issue, all things considering, but overall Kitami was pleased with Izzy’s progress here in this new city. The man surprised Kit though by stating his overly simple price.

“Lunch? Is that all? I must pay you more than that.” she insisted. Izzyy popped back out from behind her mother.

“Delliks over for lunch? That sounds so fun Mama! He can eat with you, and Hanna and I! You must make your white honey bread Mama.” She said, before turning to the man. “Mama’s honey bread is the best!” She reported, as if he couldn’t gather the information himself. She smiled at him, and Kitami patted her pup’s head.

“Yes dearheart. I suppose I could make a good lunch for you. There wouldn’t be much company, with us and perhaps Hanna. I don’t think Hanna will join us though. I could pack the extras in a basket so you may take it home as well.” She said, nodding to herself. And maybe slip in a proper payment too if need be.

Upon mentioning a storm both Kitami and Isonette looked up to the sky, as if they expected black clouds to be hanging there instead of the bright sun. Kit looked to Delliks, frowning. The idea of a storm soaking her daughter’s bedroom didn’t seem to please her.

“Tomorrow would work. I do have the day off tomorrow. And yes, you’ll need tools. I’m afraid I don’t have any, and even if I did I wouldn’t know which ones you’d need to use.” She said, looking a tad embarrassed, as if a single mother who worked in an infirmary should have a vast knowledge of working tools.

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Delliks smiled, Mmmm honey bread.
"Yes M'Lady, lunch will suit me just fine. I think you will come to find that I am just about as simple as you could come by."
He looks down and his smiled widens as he watches and hears Izzy out. "The best white honey bread? I suppose I better pray that she fixes that up then eh?" He chuckles as he watches their eyes go up to the sky at the mention of a storm. Of course te sun was out, without a cloud to cover the workers, but you could bet on it. Soon, it would storm.

"Okay, don't worry I'll see you rely in the morning, tools and everything." He was about to go back to work when he remembered something. "Where did you say your place was again? It would be hard to go the roof if I can't find it eh?"

[Kitami Aklia]

Kitami smiled to Delliks as he insisted that lunch would be payment enough. She wouldn’t feel right giving the man a meal for his labor only. She’d definitely cook up a large lunch so he could take extras home, as well as perhaps insist on some monetary compensation for him as well. But for now she wouldn’t push the issue. After all Delliks was working now…oh dear and she had been holding him up all this time! Kit felt a bit silly for doing so, but he was about to turn back to his work. Kitami needed to get her pup home and feed her, as well as dismiss the servant girl. But he turned back and asked for something most men usually didn’t. Directions.

“Oh, it’s a little ways off the main road that leads through all the farms. You can’t really miss it. It’s the only cottage nestled about all the farms and fields. I could tie a ribbon or something on a tree to let you know which path you turn off of if you’d like.” She said, brushing some of her red locks from her face.