-out. "HEY! Are you choking?! Do you need any help?" The young elf is already on his feet.

-over. "I'd love to meet her. Maybe I can learn a thing or-" His ears twitch, hearing a couching fit from across the tavern. Gav turns his attention to a robed man in the corner, at @bardstales.bsky.social . 'Hey, I think that old guy is choking or something." Without any kind of tact, Gav calls-

Gav doesn't even wait, he's already half a bread roll in with a spoon full of stew as well, turning to Aro. "Mmmmmph, mmmmph, hmmmmm." Now he remembers to swallow. "I've been playing since I was young but I decided to learn a thing or two from some old books my village had." He paused, to think it-

-Something to sing to the townsfolk. Like a legend!" Gav was beaming, too caught up in the idea to focus on anything else at the moment.

Gav wrote down what he could, tapping the bottom of the pencil against his lips, trying to see if he could work this into some kind of rhyme or poem. "Blocked... blocked... okay... think I ..... " He scribbled down some more. "A battle against a dastardly fiend needs a good song to go with it.-

-Gav started patting himself down, going through his pouches. He found a small of paper and a small pencil that has been used and sharpened down onto a nub. He begins scribbling down any details Aro can share, his tongue sticking out slightly as he writes with a furrowed brow.

Gav nodded along to Aro's story, not breaking his concentration on the armored man, slightly turning his head to Cieve. "That's what I'm hoping for. It's why I'm here." He turned back fully to Aro. "Did you get an scratches? A last minute save from the poison or did you best him without a scratch?"-

-about all their travels so I have to tell them about all theirs!" He beamed a big smile. "I can't wait to see what else we come across, honestly."

Gav leaned forward. "Flowers are nice and all but what about the fight? How dastardly are we talking about this person you fought?" He was then snapped out of his excited curiosity by Cieve. "Oh... uh.." He let out a small laugh, "a lot actually. I can never just send one letter. My folks told me-

Gav leaned forward, leaning on the table with his forearms. "You too? I send my folks back home letters whenever I can." Gav gave a big, wide grin. "Can never find enough paper to talk about all the things we've seen."

Gav thought about it for less than a second. "I'll have water, two bread rolls if you got any and a second bowl of the stew." He nodded with crossed arms, settling into the chair as it creaked from his weight.

-menu.

Gav moves to a chair, pulling it back, lifting a leg over it and fall down on the poor wooden structure with a hard bounce, rubbing his hands together as he watches Cieve and Aro exchange words. "Lamb stew? Don't mind if I do." He sits, a bounce in his leg as he wonders what else they have on the-

-fingers outstretched to offer the new person a handshake with boundless enthusiasm.

Gav finally sprang back to life, having been bored by Rena's talk of staying put. Now, he was face to face with a new person and the shine came back to his life. He pushed himself forward. "Yup! We certainly are! Are you the person Aro was talking about? Hi, I'm Gav." He shot his arm forward-

- less likely to wander off, talking most of the way about some stories his parents told him. He stopped with a heavy thud in his footsteps when they finally arrived at Teziir. "We have enough for an inn, right?"

"I'll go first! He set up his bed roll and watched as Kerva set hers up. He then sat on a log near the fire, staring out at the woods. It was a long night but he was too energetic to sleep, it wasn't until morning and they set out on foot that it started to really hit him. He was less alert and -

-get supplies when we stopped earlier?" He thought about it. "Eh, I don't mind the grass anyway." He looked back at Aro. "Guess we won't be doing much setting up."

Gav sprang up, a little too fast, a little too excited to be moving after getting glares from Rena. "Sounds like a plan, Aro. We usually just have our rolls but, heh, I think I dropped mine." He looks between Kerva and Rena. ".... I don't see bed rolls on either of you. Did... did you guys get-

-drake. It was eating live stock and we both figured we were ready because it was wounded. Almost bit my head off but then Kerva came out of the sky, hitting it with the biggest lightning bolt I'd ever seen. It's been the three of us ever since."

-looking to help others, always taking jobs. I asked if she could let me come with her, my parents agreed and here we are." To lift Kerva's spirit, he decided to add how they met. Something she skipped over as if what she did wasn't worth mentioning. "One job, Rena and I had to deal with a wounded-

-I've always loved the tales of old heroes. My parents would tell me of them and all they met in their travels. I guess you could say it gave me the itch to get out and see what the world's like beyond a small village surrounded by snow." He adjusted his posture a bit. "Rena showed up one day-

Gav had kept his eyes on Kerva as she spoke, when she was done, he reached over and gave her a reassuring pat on the leg. He slowly turned his attention back to Aro. "Nothing as mystical. Though I do know some magic, not as much as a wizard or sorcery. I prefer the blade." He flashed a big grin. -

-more jobs, more seeing what needs fixing." He leaned back, his arms behind him for support after he had removed the two swords from his waist, leaving the ones on his back. Just in case.

-relaxing as he did. No surprise monsters had shown up. Yet. "We had passed through Westgate and Redwater. Though, I'm sure if Rena had her way, we would have never left. She just kept getting job after job for us to do." He took a seat on the grass next to Kerva. "So, that's what we're doing here-

Gav had been keeping an eye on the woods this entire time when the question snapped him back to the camp and the fire, seeing Kerva had settled, he was glad. "You know, leave home behind for adventure and soon, you're doing jobs here and there, running about." He slowly made his way towards the two-

-inferno behind Aro, which made the knight look more indimiating than the man he was conversing with just moments ago. He understand why Kerva would be a bit on edge. "We're friends here." He reassured her.

-gestrued from Kerva to Aro and back, his shoulders relaxing. "See? Flying beats running through the woo-", he paused, looking over her head, back into the dark woods. "Is Rena playing catch up? Well, we can wait then. You were flying pretty fast and the first is enormously warm." He gestured to-

"Chirps!" Gav hollered to her as she landed, looking her over. He recognized the puffed look from many nights she would wake. He followed her eyes. "Him? They're good. Don't worry. Even got food if you're hungry." Gav calmed down, no more antsy in his movement. "Kerva? Aro. Aro? Kerva." Gav-

-then began pacing once more. "They'll probably be hungry too. If they haven't eaten, they'll love what you made."