66 Connecting with Blondie

The dark bear sucked nectar from my finger. One of the gatherers showed me the wasp nest high in the trees and let slip it was his favourite food. What made him grow was pure qi from the land core, but the qi rich wasps produced a nectar of the gods. 

It was not abundant, and I was warned to take only a fraction.

"Where is blondie?" I asked him and he showed me an image of Reyas and Gisael.

"Really? Hmm," I said and rolled to my feet. Before I could go in search of my pair of enthusiastic lovers Ailen and Sakaala dropped down from the trees above.

"Hey," he said.

I looked at them both.

They looked at the bear.

"Linked?" Ailen asked and I nodded. "Shit," he said. "When do I get an animal companion?"

"This is no normal animal," I said. "He can understand you. Well, a little."

Sakaala reached out to pet him and he nipped at her. She pulled her hand back in a flash.