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"Well, what were you waiting for me for that you could not have come up to the temple while we were performing our duties and talked to me?" Tuya more demanded. Her hair dripping as she had not dried it yet. Tazani was still looking at her.

'I wanted to give you something from me and Carter. We like you and while I was out hunting, I went just a little deeper in the cave. Carter and I thought that it would be helpful for you if we got you a little something,' Tazani said, and he pushed a small object that had been sitting near him toward her. It was about the size of a basketball. The malachite even at that size was larger than what she had been able to carry back in a long time. 

For a second, she forgot that she was standing in her towel. Tuya moved forward and Tazani watched her. Yep, better than flowers. He figured as much, and Tuya looked back up at him with her hazel eyes seeming softer.