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Due to the slightly warmer weather of Sauti Hugs wasn't wearing his usual sweater and booties, so he looked like a normal animal. His crystal shone in the sunlight and he even seemed to have a bit more pip in his step as he followed along behind his person.

Riya had been on the hunt for some supplies of her own to make the trip back to Zena. Mostly she needed food for herself and her familiar. She had just spotted a seller when there was a tap on her shoulder and someone speaking soon after. She paused to look at the girl then to the thing she pointed at. Seeing that it was Hugs that was being pointed out she smiled and gave a soft chuckle. "Don't worry. That's my familiar, Hugs." While normal people might say 'oh they're harmless' or 'oh they don't bite' she couldn't say as much about her perzi. He had a bit of an attitude toward people.

Riya didn't seem to be at all bothered by the question since she figured most people didn't get to travel or see exotic animals and things. Since her dad was a merchant and her mother was a beast tamer that meant she got to see a lot of things. "He's a Perzi." She smiled at the girl. "He comes from Oba so he's not quite used to the colder temperatures." Her yellow gaze moved so that she could look at Hugs.

For the most part the feline seemed content to simply stand where he was and switch his tail back and forth in mild agitation. But he was quiet and not reaction in a hostile way.

Iriyana nodded her head slightly as the girl told her that her dad was a beast tamer. "My mother is one." So she understood the hoard of beasts that usually happened. Though she was surprised that the girl's father didn't keep some of the beasts he tamed. Or maybe he'd been more active before she was born. Her mother didn't do too much taming now a days either.

When the inevitable question about being able to pet Hugs came she shook her head softly. "Please don't. Hugs doesn't usually like people. He tends to be grumpy most times." Iriyana still wasn't sure what the feline saw in her to be nice. Unless it had been the circumstances in which they'd met. A bonding of sorts had happened when she'd been injured and so that left Hugs with an understanding that she wouldn't hurt him.