Patience and Practice

[Lilith Reeves]

Lilith was close to the camp still but far enough away to be using a rather tall tree for practice. She had two posts in the ground with small hand platforms and she was working on keeping her balance on them with one hand. One hand was so hard. She was wearing her normal training outfit and a pair of leather palm gloves so as to not hurt herself.

Right now, she was waiting for her brother, wondering what he was up to and what he was doing. Was he in camp or out doing something that left her cleaning him up again? She really didn't know, she only ever hoped he returned home safe and sound and without much of a scratch on him.

With a push, she would be holding herself up vertically in the air with her ankles crossing and pointing her toes up to the sky as her head hung down and her long hair dangled. The young girl was wholly oblivious to her surroundings right now, just wanting to get this move right.

[Uriel Reeves]

Uriel had been scouting out the surrounding area. Looking for an excuse to throw a party, put up the circus, entertain some rich family. Looking for people who were unclean. He was after all the face of their little operation. While it was advisable to stay low and go generally unnoticed he did still need to get out. If anything they did infact need to make money to support themselves.

On his way back Uriel had picked some flowers as a gift for his sister. He knew she worried about him. To a degree it was understandable. She didn't know the kind of divine protection he had. On his walk back he noticed the practice set up and smiled softly. "Careful not to fall." He called mostly teasingly. There was still always a nervous pit in his stomach any time Lilith put herself in compromising situations. Certainly she was good at what she did but that didn't mean he couldn't worry.

"I brought you a gift."

[Lilith Reeves]

It took a moment to hear the footsteps but when she did, she turned on her little training poles to face him, a smile on her face now. Though from upside-down it probably looked like a frown, "You're upside-down Uri," she called out to him, a playful giggle in her voice as she teased him right back. She knew he worried, he always worried about her but she hadn't hurt herself, she was good.

Slowly, she would lower herself to then flip and land easily on the balls of her feet but she swayed a little, making her hold onto the poles some as she pushed her hair away.

"What did you bring me?" she asked him curiously, her brows furrowed as she walked over to him while smoothing out her hair, "Everything ok?" she asked, mostly wanting to make sure he was ok.

[Uriel Reeves]

Uriel did trust Lilith in her ability. He certainly wouldn't have let her be apart of their circus acts had he not thought she'd be okay. The moment she began coming down though he always felt his heart leap into his throat. Though he assumed that was also what the crowd felt when watching her as well. Something about thrill in fear.

When asked what he'd brought her Uri pulled a bouquet of wildflowers from behind his back. "These are for you." He stated simply as he reached over to fix some of the wild strands of her hair. When she asked if he was okay he chuckled a bit and nodded his head.

He knew what she meant by that question. "Everything is perfectly fine." He cupped the side of her face in his palm and ran his thumb over her cheek bone reassuringly before motioning her to follow. "Let's get back to camp. I'm getting hungry." Uriel offered her his arm with a sweet smile.

[Lilith Reeves]

Lilith did love the bit of adrenaline rush she got from her stunts, they made people afraid, anxious, and curious if she would stick it or if it would be her last. She was careful though, she couldn't risk doing anything too crazy otherwise her brother would worry and who then would protect and watch over him?

At the sight of the flowers, her face lit up as she too them and inhaled their fresh scent, "I love them, thank you Uri," she told him as he fixed her hair. Without hesitation, she went and hugged him, holding him tight for a moment before letting go.

"Alright, you know I worry about you when you go off," she told him with a small smile, covering his hand with her own, 'Okay, is anything cooking yet or need me to?" she asked him as she took his arm, her head dipping down to inhale the wild flowers again, a smile on her rosy lips while her head went to lean against his arm.

[Uriel Reeves]

Ah yes, certainly he was the one that needed to be protected. It wasn't at all the public that needed to be protected from him. Anyone that knew Uriel knew that the only thing keeping him in any sort of check was Lilith. Should anything happen to her he'd burn the whole world to ashes.

"I'm glad you like them." There weren't many people in the world that he really cared about. Even members of his own group were disposable in his eyes. Still, when Uriel cared about someone he liked spoiling them. Liked seeing them smile. After all he wasn't entirely a monster. He placed one hand over hers as she wrapped her arms around his thought for a moment about her question.

"You know, I'm not really sure." He smiled softly down at her as he watched her smell the flowers again. Glad now he'd spent the time looking for fragrant flowers to give to her. "Though you know I prefer your cooking anyway." He stated with a playful grin.

[Lilith Reeves]

Lilith was always careful to make sure Uri was taken care of but when he left she worried. She tended to turn a blind eye to what he did because he was the only family she had left- even that whole incident she blocked out because it was a trauma for her as well as him.

It was easy to make her smile, give her some flowers and she'd be beaming for the whole day and then some. She loved these flowers, they would brighten up their tent some as they held onto each other a bit. "I love them," she corrected him with a gentle bump of her elbow against him.

Her chin was resting on the flowers as she gave him a sweet little smile, it was a silly sight to see her just resting her face on them, showing him how innocent she still was. "Ok I'll cook for us, what would you like?" she asked him with a smile as she took his arm and would hold onto him as she would start to lead them back to their group. He needed to eat and so did she. Maybe she could sneak off later and explore the town, so long as he didn't notice, it should be ok to just look around on her own later.