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Chal though back to a week earlier, when Alma had attempted to explain an alpaca to him without having ever seen one herself. He had a hard time picturing it then, but now seeing this long necked and fluffy creature in front of him he was fairly certain that this was an alpaca. He could have never thought up something like this for sure.

"Nice to meet you Aloki," Chal responded, not forgetting about the male that was escorting the animal. "I'm Chal and this is Alma," and we are on a date, he added in his mind, with a little bit of pride. It seemed interesting for him to introduce their names together, he had mostly done it because it seemed Alma had forgotten to in her excitement about the alpaca, but he kind of liked it too.

He raised his eyebrows in amusement and joined in the bowing fun. Chal could see where the hospitality renown had come from, and he could also see how much Alma was trying to restrain herself. Chal was restraining himself too, from chuckling at how adorable Alma was being over the animal, which the male had confirmed to be an alpaca. "Wow, she knows we are coming?" Chal spoke in surprise, at Aloiki's talk of his mother preparing something for them.

Chal gave Alma an understanding look, he knew how excited she was about this. He was excited too, but he also wanted to let Alma have the chance to enthuse over the alpaca first. He wondered how long Alma would restrain herself from just jumping on the alpaca and riding away (could you even ride on an alpaca, he didn't know). It wasn't long at all before Alma reached out to the alpaca at least.

He raised his eyebrows again at the mention that the alpaca might shy away, and made note to keep himself fairly still and not try to pet the alpaca with Alma, he didn't want to overwhelm the creature.

"Oh, huh." He responded, his voice noticeably more quiet. He hadn't seen anyone else while they were on the road, but he could easily believe that he wouldn't have noticed if there had been someone else. "Mother's intuition is something else, isn't it?" Chal would know, his mother Dyas always seemed to know when something was up. He was pretty sure that she knew he was smitten with someone too, but just hadn't brought it up.

Chal was surprised and not surprised when the alpaca backed off. It made sense that Alma's high energy would be a bit too much for the animal, but he still felt back for Alma. He reached his free hand across his body so that he could give Alma a sympathetic shoulder rub. He had to hand it to her, the pout was adorable.

Hopefully the bribery suggestion would work, he didn't want Alma to be disappointed by their alpaca date. He laughed as Alma just about ran off with his arm, but he wasn't about to slow her down either. Chal was just going to have to learn to keep up with her, so he joined her in her anything-but-leisurely pace.

Chal was kind of surprised with himself for just taking off without their tour guide, but he was just flowing with things now. It was fun running off with her towards the barn, forgetting for a moment that they were being watched.

He looked around the empty barn, noticing that their grand entrance had caused everyone to vacate. It seemed that these animals were going to need a calmer spirit, which didn't seem to be something that would mix well with Alma. She was going to be so disappointed. Chal knew he was going to have to do something to help. "Ah, thanks." Chal said, accepting the carrots from Aloiki. Hopefully this would be the right thing to get the animals used to Alma's spirit.

Chal's head turned from side to side as he looked around for any animals he might be able to entice with the carrot slices. When he found one, he let go of Alma's hand for just a moment as he slowly approached the animal, the carrot slice held out. "Just one second." The male said to Alma with a wink of his eye. Hopefully he could get the animal used to him and then help Alma be able to pet it.

Chal smiled softly as the alpaca accepted his treat. Carefully and slowly he reached his free hand towards the animal. "There you go, that's a good... Girl." He whispered to the creature. He let her have the carrot while he stroked her coat. It felt so soft and warm.

Then, he looked behind his shoulder as he reached for Alma's hand, never forgetting about her. In fact, he was doing this for her because he knew how badly she wanted to touch the alpaca. Chal gave Alma a reassuring look as he helped guide her hand slowly to Zoe. "That's a good girl," he said to the alpaca as he now watched her to make sure she wasn't freaking out too much.

Alma may not have been disappointed, but there was a clear look of disappointment on Chal's face as the alpaca turned away. His lips moved from side to side in thought as Aloki complemented him on his way with animals. He had wanted so desperately to give Alma more than just that brief moment with the alpaca. He certainly didn't feel like he had a way with animals right now. If he had, his plan for getting the alpaca to let Alma touch it would have worked.

"Yeah, I'm sure you're right." Chal agreed. He had never met an alpaca before so he had no idea how they acted, but he was sure that Aloiki knew what he was talking about and hopefully Alma would get her moment with them eventually. They were just going to have to take many, many dates to the farm. Chal had no argument with that.

At least he had gotten a hug out of his mostly failed attempt, his disappointed face turned into a calm smile at that as he practically melted into a puddle. "We'll keep trying." He reassured Alma with a firm nod of his head.

Chal raised his eyebrows as Aloiki spoke of some sort of season. He tried to think of any season that he knew of that was coming up, but apparently babies were coming. It wasn't long before the answer was given. Chal nodded his head in understanding. He would certainly have to come back here with Alma for that, the babies would probably be adorable.

Chal could practically see the gears in Alma's head turning as the male started speaking about their building prospects. He wondered if it would be too bold of him to comment about her building abilities, it was practically volunteering her to help out... And she always seemed to mention how many projects there were that she wanted to work on... Could she really take on more? It seemed to him that she might appreciate the complement, "Alma is a very talented builder, she was showing me some of her ideas earlier, she might have some tips for you."

Chal's eyes grew wide as Alma began talking about all the ways she could help, he was used to her energy, but she still managed to surprise him. Because he was used to it, his face relaxed quickly. However, he could hardly keep up with all the things she was saying, but knew that she knew what she was talking about. At some point he had heard his name and the male really had no idea how he could help, but he would do whatever was needed of him to the best of his ability.

Chal froze up as Aloiki mentioned a room for the two of them. As in, a room together. He looked at their linked hands, something that he had quickly grown used to. They certainly looked like a couple, even if the hand holding was about as far as things had gotten. His eyes followed up Alma's brightly colored arm until they rested on her face, to see how she reacted to it. He liked, even loved the idea of it, but it was a fast step and he was a slow mover. Alma moved fast though... And he was doing better at keeping up with her unique rhythm.

"Thank you, that would probably be wonderful." Chal's eyes were steady on Alma as he spoke. It wasn't as if they were starting this project today anyways... though with Alma, starting something immediately was entirely possible.