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Jak had spent his night in a tree. It was not the most comfortable place to sleep but it was certainly better than some of the spots around. He could see and hear what was going on without the chance of someone barreling him over if he slept late. Not that he had seen anyone around these parts so far, but one never knew what was going to come before it got there. It was best to play it safe and prepare for things so to minimize the likelihood of an occurrence. Although the male could not say that being run into while sleeping would not be an amusing thing to have happen. It just might hurt and no jest was worth harm to another.

Jak stretched and made sure he was limbered up before he descended from the tree he had slept in. It was a bit late for him to be rising, but with nobody around to play any harmless pranks on, the mischievous winged male had slept extra out of boredom. He pouted as he looked around and saw nothing to indicate that his lack of company had been remedied. He was going to have to move on then and see if he could find others. This little vacation of his was interesting enough, but he had thought to find new ulaya's to meet out here. The disappointment was vast at this point.

Jak jumped from his tree perch onto the ground and started walking. He could fly, but where would be the fun of that? Besides, the majority of Ulaya's that were likely to be around would be on the ground, or so he thought. He kept a sharp eye out as he padded along, hoping to spot someone before they spotted him. When he did spot another, he crouched down ever so quietly and crept forward. The green female had been hard to spot in the plant life around her. Her being on her back did not help any for visibility either. As soon as he was within reach, Jak poked her tail with a gentle paw and waited to see her reaction.

Jak was hoping for some kind of shocked reaction, but to his disappointment the female did not humor him with one. Oh well, he would have to find another way to have fun. At least she seemed nice. That was always a plus when one was just meeting another. He did think she was pretty, too, but he would never say such a thing so soon after meeting the female. It would give the absolutely wrong impression if he said it. He would simply have to give it some time and learn more about this stranger for the moment. That could lead to all kinds of fun.

The male smiled softly at all the information being thrown at him at once. She was quite something, wasn't she? It was nice to attract such pleasant interest. Maybe she would like him well enough that they could talk at length. While Jak was sweet, there were many that did not like his mischievous nature. "Hello, ma'am. I am Jak, and you are?" There was a nice introduction down. Now to get to that question she had asked. "I was exploring... looking for others to meet and new things to see." The male's eyes twinkled as he spoke and his wings fluttered a bit.

Jak's wings fluttered and he grinned at the female. "Adventuring is certainly an accurate word for exploring... I have a feeling you are one of those unseen to most wonders in the area." His eyes sparkled as he watched the female. She had a wonderful voice even if she was not much fun to sneak up on. "The population I am seeing is very beautiful, though. Perhaps the scarceness is because one area cannot handle too much of such wonder?" He could have been accused of being charming, but in truth, the male meant every word so was just being overly sweet.

The winged male kept tracing the patterns on her coat with his eyes. They were so interesting. He nearly missed what she was saying for his distraction by her patterns. "Your favorite place? I certainly would not object to being shown around... most of the point of my exploring was to meet new people." He tilted his head and put a paw out to the female. "You have yet to tell me your name, though, so I do not believe it counts as officially meeting yet."

Jak grinned at the female. She had the sweetest smile and the shy look at her paws was so enchanting! He stuck his nose out to touch hers. "I am Jak." She must have missed his introduction the first time, but he would not point it out. "There is no need to apologize. I simply wished a name to call you. It seemed more polite than 'hey you'." His grin turned to a small smile and his wings were brought up to a fully spread position. He was unconsciously trying to look impressive.

Consciously, though, the male was more concerned with spending time exploring with Sara. "Sarakesh is a lovely name. It is rather fitting for you, if you ask me." Not that she was likely to have, but he offered the opinion anyway. "I think one's self is a poor judge of what is more beautiful than themselves. Most tend to err in one extreme or the other rather than having a balanced opinion." Jak stood up straighter and gave his chest a little puff. "I for one believe I am simply cute. Mostly because others have said it too often to argue the point... but I believe we were going to go see this favorite spot of yours?"

Jak stretched and padded along after Sara. He was curious to see what it was she thought so beautiful. It had to be something worth seeing or she would not have offered to show it to him. He was quite certain of that. "If others have not said how pretty you are, you have not met the right others." He padded along with her and was quite proud of the fact that she had agreed that he was cute. He liked being cute. Others liked cute. Of course her thinking him polite was even more flattering. He tried to be polite, and sweet... even when he was being mischievous.

"Conversation is a good distraction from the passing of time. But only when the conversation is interesting and the company is good. I would say that we have both good company and an interesting conversation, though both are your doing." Jak reached over and batted at Sara's tail a little. He just couldn't resist it. It was too tempting to bat at that swaying tail. It was that almost kit like nature of his showing, but he found it quite entertaining to bat that tail and watch it move.

Jak grinned at the compliment from the female. It was enjoyable to have him around! That was something he did not always hear! "I do like being enjoyable company... Fun is always best had with others rather than alone." He was grateful that she did not get offended at his batting of her tail. If anything she seemed to be enjoying egging him on. Might not be the usually desired reaction to a 'prank' but it certainly was a nice reaction to get.

"Conversation does indeed take two, but I would think a lovely female such as yourself would find me boring and bothersome." Jak never let up batting at the tail as he spoke. "Yes, I am enjoying this. Your tail is delightful!" He did not think about how that might sound before he said it, but did afterwards. Jak did hope that Sara would not get offended by taking his comment as her tail end was attractive. Not that her tail end wasn't attractive, but he did not want to get in trouble for her not appreciating his admiration.

Jak grinned and batted at the tail a bit more. "I do not know about me being fun. I would think it is more stick my paws in my mouth and run away before you can hurt me." He winked back at the female and debated pouncing her for fun. No, he better be good for the moment. "I am not the wonderful one in this little pairing, dear. That would be you. I am just the amusing fool you are stuck with for the moment. This tail is delightful and just further evidence of your wonderfulness." The male was going to bat at her tail again when she stopped.

Jak decided better of batting at her again, though and instead, looked where she was indicating. She had not taken his comment about her tail the wrong way and she seemed very smart. He thought it best not to push his luck when she wished his attention on something else. He looked around at the old temple and all the vegetation that had started to grow up on it. It certainly did seem peaceful and relaxing. He could see why Sara liked it here. "It is amazing, Sara... Just like you." He moved forward and sat beside her, his wings fluttering as he did so.