Cari's Dragonborn

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Cari stared up at the giant insect that the Dunmer called a Stiltstrider .

It looked somewhat like a giant fly or cockroach .

And it stank to the high heavens .

She patted the things nose while Arnbjorn sold some loot and things they actually didn't need ,but lugged around anyways.

Like an embalming tool . Who needed that ?.

She looked back at Arnbjorn wondering how many things he needed to sell and what he would buy afterwards .

She couldn't imagine him buying nonessentials . He had to carry most of the things they needed because he didn't trust her to keep anything safe.

She sighs softly at that . She could be responsible if she wanted to . She just knew she could.

"How much longer?," she asks ,growing somewhat impatient.

He doesn't answer which frustrates her more than she thought it would .

Has he closed his mind off ?. Or did he hear her and just didn't care to answer her?.

It takes a bit longer still, before he beckons to her to follow him.

Rolling her eyes skywards she obeys,while nodding a goodbye to the Dunmer who nods back .

Arnbjorn sees the eye rolling ,but ignores it . He didn't want to argue about respect and such right now. He'll talk to her about it later .

Not long after they leave the Dunmer and the Stiltstrider they stumble onto Tel Mithryn  .

" Wow ," Cari murmurs in awe at the huge mushroom houses . She never thought she'd see this for real . She felt like an ant against this phenomenon  .

" How do you think the Dunmer built these mushroom houses? ", she asks Arnbjorn .

" Don't know , Cari , we'll ask them later , we still have the whole island to, explore so let's get to that ".

With a soft sigh and a nod she follows him .She'd follow him to the ends of the world if she have to .

They walked the whole day further ,making quite the progress .

She had to almost sprint to keep up with Arnbjorn sometimes through the day . It made her grow tired quickly ,but he didn't slow down when she asked him to .

" It will built your stamina ", he'd told her when she asked him the second time ," I had to often sprint when I started out and I needed to get to some places fast , it helped , I can run the whole day if I have to now ".

So she kept her mouth shut and kept up with him even when she couldn't feel her legs anymore.

She helped him fight off some werebears that were very hard to fight . And they found more Stones with people building on them .

Cari felt quite sorry for them .They had no control over working day and night to fulfill some  villain's wishes . She gave no thought to the fact that she and Arnbjorn weren't affected by the stones .

By nightfall they were on the snowy part of the island.

She helped him set up the tent again ,before he went off to look for some wood .

She got the pot ready for cooking so that he didn't have to when he comes back .

She diced in some of the veggies he had bought from the Dunmer with the Stiltstrider . She was glad when she found some spices in the food pack . There were spices she didn't know ,but there were also those that were familiar to her .