Lion and the Ninja (For acuya)

He sighed, giving her a semi-detailed story. "The Bajir and the Draca"

"Imagine a race of lizard-people. They hold small lands in parts of upper Siberia. In Russia. Another race, of dragons, want their land. To combat them, the lizards fitted themselves with robotics to prevent from slaughter. While traveling, I attempted to help them defend their land....It failed. There was no end in sight. As they are dead-locked in combat. The war may still be going on now, maybe...."

She just had to ask. Couldn't leave it alone, just had to rip that band-aid right off.

"Siberian Lizard People." She had to say it out loud. It begged for it. She paused for a few moments, considering it, digesting, then turned back to her work.

...and turned back around a few seconds later. "Why Siberia?"

Good question. Just why Siberia? Lizards needed warm places to live, so how could they live there? The lion simply shrugged his shoulders. "Beats the fuck out of me. I didn't pass the 8th grade; I have no grasp on the biology of a lizard. Let alone geography." His tail whipped around a bit in waiting for her next response.

"You didn't pass the 8th grade?" Kozue barely passed herself, so she wasn't one to talk all that much...but she did pass. "That is a lot of education to miss. Ever think about going back, getting the GED?"

Kind of a mundane topic, but it couldn't hurt to keep the topic on this planet.

The lion's eyes lower a bit when her tone turned a slightly scolding one. "I learned enough. Life is the best teaching tool. But, A GED is needed to get some sort of job. For money, I just usually take on odd jobs that people ask of me. But, that has gotten me into some trouble before." He shrugged. "But, not anything too bad. I remember that some people even paid me to fight them, which was really odd..."

"Eh, not all that weird." She finished up the dishes and dried her hands, strolling back his way as she did. "So guys pay a lot of money for girls like me to give them a little roll around. Not that I'd ever take it, just saying - you'd be surprised what people pay for."

She hopped on the couch, still looking his way. "At the very least, though, a GED wouldn't hurt. A little something to keep your back pocket, know what I mean?"

"Yeah, I'll probably wok on getting one at some point. Im not too worried about it at the moment." When thinking more and more about what she said about a 'roll around' Jay gave her an odd look. "What do you mean by that anyway? Would guys offer money to fight you, also?" He walked over to the couch, but didn't really dare to sit down without Kozue's okay.

"Probably, yeah. Some guys really just get off on the whole competition thing. Or they like being dominated. Tension used to have a lot of guys like that - not real fighters, just dropping in to let some girl thrash them around." She looked between him and the couch with a small smirk, seeing if he'd have the gusto to come over.

"Ugh, Im sure there are guys like that here.....Like that dumb ass Nick Solem. I tell you, every morning, he steps out of his room with a cup of coffee to pick up a newspaper that he has delivered right to his dorm door. I call him 'dumb ass' every morning." Jay pauses to see her smirk. He swallowed a bit nervously and sat down on the couch next to Kozue slowly

She shrugged. "Haven't heard of him. More interested in the big fights, you know? Real solid stuff. Clyde, Jagger, Kyo, Mask. You. Good fights." She gave him a playful tap with her foot. "Relax. I'm not biting. Or anything else, but definitely not biting."