Aria walked up to the castle and notied Sage chopping wood. "Hey, Morning!" She said smiling. Her short, pink dress swished back and forth. "That looks fun. You know, chopping wood and all." She said jokingly. "You need any help?" The girl asked hoping it would... cheer him up a little bit.

Sage glanced over at the girl and his face brightened. "Morning," he chirped. Then he wrinkled his nose and hit the blocks again. "It more fun when I'm mad," he admitted with a slightly sheepish chuckle. "then I can pretend I'm hitting something." He shrugged then and shook his head. "I'm almost done. We can go do whatever after. Maybe five minutes."

Aria laughed softly. "Yeah. I guess that's a good excuse." She said. The girl sighed and sat down in the grass along the wall of the castle. "Sounds good." Her eyes darted back and forth hoping no one would notice the girl sitting there.

Sage chuckled and nodded. Then he grunted as he broke another log. "Relax. Everyone important is still asleep," he told the girl. "and everyone not important won't notice you're not supposed to be here." He shrugged. "Besides, I can also tell anyone not important they can't tell dad about you."

Aria nodded. "I just don't want you to get in trouble. Especially that your dad kind of... hates you?" She said with a cocked head. The girl eventually stood up and walked over to Sage. "You sure you don't need any help?" Aria asked Sage.

Sage shrugged slightly. "Well, he's lazy. He won't be up for a while," he hummed. "He wants me to get married off anyway so if I tell him I'm seeing my options he probably won't kill me." He nodded and stopped to pick up anither log. "Yeah ...there's only a few left," he hummed. "I appreciate it though." Then he gave her a grin.

Aria seemed relived a little. She blushed lightly and watched him finish cutting the logs. "I would hope he wouldn't kill you!" The girl said laughing. She smiled back when Sage flashed her a quick grin. Aria still looked around her to be safe. She didn't want to be seen by anyone. Especially that she was part vampire. The girl hadn't even told Sage yet.

Sage chuckled and shrugged. "He probably won't. He needs me around for now," he hummed. Really, he knew his father couldn't kill him without consequences, but he also knew that his father would if he angered him enough. "Done," he hummed, leaning the axe against the woodshed and grabbing his shirt. "We can go down a small clearing in the woods. I like training there."

Aria walked up next to Sage. She looked over at him, trying to not let him see her staring. Aria tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and grinned. "Sounds like fun." The girl said. She loved the woods, so she thought she would like this too. Aria was starting to enjoy being around Sage, but she didn't know how he thought about herself. She looked down at the ground and sighed softly.

Sage hummed and nodded. "It's a nice little spot...and I've managed to keep it a secret from the guards and whatnot," he hummed. Then he grinned. "Besides, it's not as sunny and hot as the sand arena I'm supposed to be training in during the day."