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At least all their privates are covered.
Once more I feel awkward. I’m not just a different creature, I'm also wearing a lot more clothes. They all seem excessive now.
I look away finally and I get back to following Zod.
Zod doesn’t look like he appreciates being here at all. Like he has more important things to do than accompanying the human. He’s probably right.
We enter another large opening. Left, right, and ahead there are stairs. Zod takes me to the one ahead and I climb behind him. He isn’t trying to wait for me as he takes two of the already longer than I’m used to steps.
But I try to keep up. Lucky for me the place we are going to is only on the second level. We take another corridor straight ahead. And this time there is a large window at the end of the corridor.
All the entrances here have doors. Some larger than others, some with double doors. I huff behind him until we get to the last door. It’s a double door and he pushes the doors open after knocking once.
My mouth opens when we enter what looks to be chambers. There is a large bed here that looks to have a base made of iron and a mattress on top. It’s an open space and it has a large window that stretches the length of the room.
This room has plants. Not flowers, but it has fresh plants, and it looks more feminine than any other space I have seen so far. No bones or animal skins in sight. I try not to let my eyes wonder too much.
“Hani, I have a guest for you.” Zod says.
He turns to stare down at me. Again, another one who doesn’t like me. But maybe it has something to do with Igor being ‘the lost one.’
I jump when a door I hadn’t noticed opens suddenly and a…green female orc emerges.
“Zod, what is this?” She has a thick accent, even for an orc.
I'm shocked.
Igor told me the green orcs are their enemies and they don’t mix. But then again, a lot can change in a hundred years.
“Your tribe duty.” Zod says as he walks out and closes the doors behind him.
Hani crosses her arms over her generous chest. I don’t know much about orcs, but this one is very attractive. She has a curvy body, and her hair looks beautifully combed. Her single braid is fresh, and she looks clean everywhere.
“Are you one they call the mate of the lost one?” She asks but she already knows. It seems news of my arrival has indeed traveled.
“Yes.”
“You must be exhausted by all the glares and the questions, aren’t you?”
I can’t help the smile on my face. She seems almost…human. But then again, she’s the only green orc I’ve seen.
“I think it’s natural for everyone to be distrustful of a stranger.” I say.
“Do you distrust me then?”
I can tell she’s a little amused.
“Maybe.” I choose to meet her playfulness.
She giggles at that. “Lucky for you I was not here during the time of the lost one, so I have no grudges against you. Have a seat. Carrying two orcs can’t be easy for a human.” She turns to go to what I think is a vanity table.
“How do you know it’s two orcs?”
“Bono folk have a keen sense of hearing, tiny human.” She says, turning to me. “What do they name you?”
“I am Aria.”
“Uh Ree Yuh.” She tests it on her lips before she nods. “Sounds like a flower. Soft, squishy.”
