Dave's hut [out in the park]

"I absolutely don't mind, as long as you don't plan on washing dishes in the pond out there !"

Then Kindjal asks :

"You mentioned some work earlier, what is it ? Aren't you a student like most of us (most of us who can talk anyway :p) ?"

"Well I'm no polar bear breeder like you may think!"

***Smiles widely***

Then adds:

"Yes, I am a student. I am completely helpless in maths and physics, but if I can be of any help for anything else, I would sure do!"

Then considers the pond out of the window:

"And by the way, I would rather die than wash anything else than Slova in this ice brinked pond!"

***giggles***

"That's too bad, I'm studying mostly physics and biology this semester !
Guess we won't see each other much at the campus library !"

"Well, biology is more my side of things, I kind of like all what lives. And very much all what got feets or wings."

*Smiles*

"I may even help you with medical things, I have been through enough first aid courses and BSL's all my life long. Well, consider it as a joke!"

"I'm afraid you won't be of much help, as the first year is mostly about learning as much formula as you humanly can and beat the others at that game... Charming, really..."

"oh poor you... It must be boring as hell! How do you manage to get through? Well I wish you all the best for this, I really would'nt share that place!"

"Thank you...
Now I'm going to leave you to your work
and I need to go to the market to buy some goods for the Boeuf Bourguignon !"

"Oh sure. Nice of you. What if I was preparing the dessert? Somtehing like a Blueberries Meringué?"

*smiles*

Kindjal answers bluntly :

"Oh non, I really don't like Meringue !"

Seeing Dave's disappointment, she adds :

"What about a lemon pie ? Or Cannelés ? Or I could cook my special chocolate cake..."

Did someone say chocolate cake?

"hey that's a great idea! Chocolate cake? Yummy, Im in. And I'll cook mine, then!"

*Looks forward eating a tasty cake*

"I see... you want a chocolate cake challenge ?
My cake can beat any other chocolate cake, it's the world famous "Gateau au chocolat des Ducs"
It won many awards and my english teacher was fond of it.
Get your ingredients ready, 'cause my cake is going to kick yours ass (considering a chocolate cake can have one) ! "

"Well I would be proud to loose if you can make a better one"

***Winks slyly***

... I'm off to the market then...

A chocolate cake battle? Am I dreaming?

Saved.
Safe.

And plotting. That Kindjal has got to go. This means war...

But not yet. The time isn't ripe.

Hey, isn't this the thistle that got thrown out of the window? What's it doing here, and why does it looks so...malevolent?

Drae tried his best to look like an innocent thistle as the human named Pyonjinguk stopped to stare at him.

He wasn't one the Thistle could count on his side. What it all boiled down to was this. Thistles just weren't a match for humans, and here he was, outnumbered at least fifteen to one, and with no potential allies besides Aurora.


And, now that he thought of it... his bear. She would no doubt know how to communicate with him.

***Waters the Thistle and asks himself what the hell is going on with this thing***

"You poor thing, you look battered up. I'm gonna feed ya something stronger."

***Takes a bottle of specially brewed bear bewerage, and throws a sip into the Thistle's pot***

"Here, try this!"

Drae nodded his gratitude to Aurora, passing it off as a light breeze.

Then he tasted the amber liquid the human had watered him with, praying it wasn't poison (well, he didn't really have any choice, his roots were already sodden with the stuff)

***Draenethia the Thistle was probably the first ever Thistle to become stone starking drunk in less than thirty seconds***

***Leaves a note on his desk which reads***

"AFK: Working hard for my exams"

The malignant Thistle might take this opportunity to wreak havoc.

***Slova awaits, an eye closed, the other one half opened...***

Using the breeze to carry his sseds to the bear, Drae speaks to her in calm negotiating voice.

"Hello."

***Slova gently taps on the ground with her paw, moans, and then says***

"hello, little thing. You are welcome here as long as you don't slip through..."