"Is the ground stuff pig?" Angelo had an Idea for a good meal but it would not work unless the ground meat was pork. his grams had taught him how to make it when they had killed a wild boar. it was one of the ways to make the tough meat of the boar easy to eat and juicy.

"Yes, it is," Shadow confirmed, brushing some of the dirt off of himself. "I'm going to go and change...do you want me to bring you a new outfit, while I'm upstairs?"

"ummmmm" Angelo looked down at his outfit. "yes please, but I will bath and change after I make breakfast if you dont mind. I am really hungry." he watched Angelo go up the stairs and then returned to the kitchen.

"All right. I'll bring an outfit down for you. I don't mind." Shadow headed upstairs and rummaged around for a while. He changed his clothing and then picked out a nice blue outfit for Angelo. Then, he headed back downstairs.

cutting up some of the plants that had been in the cold box Angelo smiled and hummed to himself. mixing the plant matter with some eggs and the meat he heated up a flat pan to fry them in. tossing in some herbs just before he cooked them he smiled. he liked to cook but his mother had said he need to learn the mens tasks not the womens.

Shadow draped the outfit out over one of the chairs and stood in the kitchen doorway, watching Angelo with a smile on his face. "Is everything going all right?" he asked, pleasantly. Such a change in his demeanor...

"yes sir, breakfast will be ready in a moment, my gram taught me how to make these cakes." pulling off the frist one he set it on a plate of flat bread. "it is best eaten with the bread, takes away some of the bitterness of the herbs. but without that herb the dish is inedible." setting the plate down in front of Shadow he looked expectantly at him.

Shadow turned it around to look at it first, a look of appreciation on his face. "Thank you very much." After a moment, he tried it, eating it with the bread as instructed. He seemed to like it, for he smiled and took another bite.

a large grin spread a crossed Angelo's face. he had been holding his breath hoping that Shadow would love it. turning around he cooked up the rest of the patty's before even eating one. setting the stack of patty's on a clean plate of clay he sat down with a flat bread with patty. "Grams told me that this work was woman's work but I can see why you would need to do it your self, but I can do it now."

Shadow ate happily, seeming to really like it. "I like to cook, so we can share the work, if you'd like," he offered, once he swallowed his mouthful of food. "Throwing work into different categories based on sex is pointless. If a male enjoys cooking, why not let him cook? Gender boundaries confuse me."

"well that was the way the caravan did it, that way every one had equal chores to their strength." he nibbled on the edge of his. but he did it so quickly that it disappeared as quickly as Shadows did.

"Mm. That's true. But some males are better at kitchen work than at physical labor, and vice-versa for females. I happen to know more than one woman who would do better with heavy lifting than working in the kitchen," Shadow informed him, completely serious, as he ate. "And I know I would prefer working in the kitchen and cleaning to heavy lifting and the like..."

"your garden is men's work, or at lesat the gathering of the herbs and such are. we dont have gardens where we come from." finishing up his second one he walked back to the kitchen to clean up. "I do not mind sharing the cooking with you."

After Shadow finished his second one, he also went back to help with the cleanup. "Mm...I suppose so. Shopping is also technically a woman's work, and I love to do that, as well." He paused, then chuckled. "I have long hair...I like to cook and clean...goodness, how can I be male?" His tone was teasing, joking.

"my uncles had long hair. it was the pride of the clan." he gently pushed Shadow out of the kitchen. "I cooked I clean."

Shadow frowned. "I feel bad, making you do the work." Nonetheless, he stepped out of the kitchen, hovering around aimlessly by the table. He seemed at a loss--he usually cooked and cleaned.

"but you were the one that bought me, saved me." looking over his shoulder he smiled. "why dont you go start on your garden."

Shadow smiled back, then nodded. "I will do that..." Quietly, Shadow headed off to start tending his garden. He would also check if the plants he'd left out to dry had dried enough yet to be added to the pile.

watching Shadow walk away he sighed. it was odd that he felt this way for the man. he was kind and gentle as long as Angelo did as he asked but some times angelo felt that his new master was going to hurt him in some way. going back to his cleaning he smiled. Shadow would never hurt him.

Shadow was a kind, almost sweet man when respected and obeyed, for the most part. But he did have a temper, and he sometimes lost it in nasty ways. He assumed Angelo already knew that. He would have to warn him time and time again. Really, if he didn't deserve to be hurt, Shadow wouldn't hurt him...

taking out a small bowl that he had put some stuff in before making breakfast Angelo laid the ingredients into the still hot pan. they sizzled and browned. it was a treat that his mother used to make and he wanted to make it as a thank you to Shadow.

After a while, Shadow finished up his work in the garden and returned with a handful of dried weeds--the ones they had picked before. He added them to the pile near the doorway and stepped back into the dining area, leaning against the wall.

turning around Angelo smiled. the smell of something sweet yet tasty filled the air. in his hands was a small bread like patty. "it is a berry bread. I found some that were edible yesterday when I was walking." he held it out to Shadow.

Shadow arched an eyebrow and slowly took it. "You didn't have to..." he murmured, smiling at him. "But thank you." He studied it for a moment, and then he took a bite of it. The same look of contentedness as before washed over his face--it seemed he really liked it.

"it is not that I dont have to it is I wanted to. you have done something for me that no one ever would have done but you." he scrubbed up the pan and then put it away. "you held me all night you could have left after I fell asleep.'