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Barae's brother, Azar, was a asshat. His rather insulting manner always ended up driving Barae to tears. Despite all his efforts to remain strong and not show how the others words cut him. His mother had offered him good encouragement after all. Still, words really could hurt, and they hurt Barae often.

So when he was feeling the need for a good clean cry, he would make up an excuse to leave the cave he shared with his family and trekked on out over open grass and rock. Sometimes he did cry, sometimes just being outside was enough to lighten his mood. Today seemed to be the latter for Barae. With the warm sun overhead and a light breeze ruffling the feathers of his one wing, he seemed able to forget his brothers jabbing comments...and his fathers complete inability to be sensitive. Barae ambled his way amid some large rocks, his hooves sounded sharply on the stoney ground. Though his thoughts were far away, his focus remained set on the area around him. he had never come this far from home before, and he was pleasantly surprised by the small ravine he had wandered into.

Barae fluttered his mismatched wings as he hopped over a medium sized rock. On the other side he found himself facing a rather refreshing looking stream. Barae swept his eyes up and down the winding waterway, then blinked. His eyes landed upon Rinji's brightly colored hair. But it was his magnificent wings that truly caught his attention. Ah! A dragon! Aside from his father, and brother, Barae had not seen any others of his kind. Even in part. The young quarter dragon stood and stared for a few moments at Rinji. What should he do? Go up and introduce himself? Or...would that be bad? He knew his father was territorial...oh! Crap... was he intruding? Barae cast his eyes around the ravine in a quick scan for some sort of sign of a dwelling cave but...he didn't think he saw anything.

Okay...so then...perhaps a greeting at a safe distance... Barae didn't have the same gift as his father with flames... Barae's tail twitched and swayed behind him nervously as he lifted his unchained hand and waved over his head slowly. "H-Hey there..."

Barae watched the stranger react in a startled fashion. Which was understandable. He clearly had not known someone else was nearby until now. The stranger recovered quickly though, and nodded as he offered his greeting to him. Now that he had been acknowledged though, Barae found himself uncertain what next to do. His purple eyes flickered over the area again and Barae took a pair of slow steps towards the other. "My name is Barae. I hope I am not intruding here." Perhaps simple and straightforward would be the best way to go about this. That way he could quickly get a feel for the stranger, and the other wouldn't be under any pressure to figure out what he was about. "I am just out for a bit of a walk to enjoy the scenery. I've never been down this way before though. Do you live around here?"

When the stranger flapped his wings, Barae came to a halt in his slow steps. He didn't sense any aggression in the act. Though much like a wary cat, he wasn't about to just trot up and expect the other to be okay with that. From what he'd learned of his family, caution was always the best way to go about things. Barae took the time to consider the strangers proposed purpose for being here.

"Well, if I can be of any use. I'd suggest not going upstream. My family lives there and my fathers very territorial. Though the fishing isn't bad in the fall and spring. But it's pretty dry during the summer. Unless you like frogs." He tried to offer helpfully to the other.

Barae barely managed to keep himself from nervously shifting from hoof to hoof. He had a lot going through his mind at this moment. All of it revolving around Rinji's comment of looking for a new home. "I've roamed around this area quite a bit." He really hoped he didn't sound too desperate as he looked up towards the top of the ravine. "Do you have any preferences? I could suggest where to look or..or not."

Barae took the acceptance of advice as a good sign. If Rinji had been a aggressive sort he wouldn't have wanted or cared for anything he might have said. Barae lowered his purple eyes and rubbed at his chin as he thought about the landscape. Upriver was where his family lived. He had never followed the river before so he had never come across this ravine. Though he had explored the areas around it. "If you go further downriver, it will eventually turn into a bigger river. There should be better fishing there then you will find here." He stated with a glance towards Rinjin's fishing line. "If your looking for caves to live in I'm afraid this ravine will provide the better natural options, but it is pretty close to my families home and dad is territorial. He may not know your here for a long time, but thats not really a garuntee he never will. The area down by the river is pretty hilly, with trees in small clumps. If you don't mind working to make your home you might find a grove of trees that would be perfect for shelter and privacy. I've seen lots of waterfowl down there too, and I assume deer will be around come winter. I've seen their marks on trees where they have stripped the bark for food."