Re: Chapter 5: The Pirates of Lac Dinneshere
Kira had noticed the look in Thane's eyes and in spite of her irritability, she smiled wickedly. "Only just now noticing are ya?" she replied when he said there was more to her than met the eye. Yet there were other things going on and as much as she liked being appreciated, for whatever reason, she was easily distracted away from that moment. "Ooooo, I like the thought of just getting rid of the ram," she said, casting a wary look at the thing that Thane was going to inspect.
Thane and Hengar both spoke of keeping the ship and Kira couldn't deny she felt the attraction but there was also that prickling sensation she didn't quite understand, the feeling that something was wrong and threatening her very existence as well as those around her. "I don't like the black ice ... it turned Grim and Dal's people against them," she said as she moved to the big guys, her small hands patting at them plaintively. "What if it does that to us? You're ... you're the only family I got ... and I don't wanna lose you."
Then Grim took action, setting one of the vials afire and the flames licked quickly along the rigging. "C'mon!" she called out, tugging at Thane and Hengar then dashing over to Arnan to pull at him too. She wasn't normally afraid of fire but burning alive didn't set well with her and drowing in the icy depths didn't appeal either. "Get to the dingy and let's go ... back to warmth and food and ... family," she pleaded then scurried over to the side where they'd tied the dingy.