Private Finished Bold of you to assume I know what restricted area means

Hwum would've probably gotten all flustered and embarrassed over Raella's flirty words again, if thw girl hadn't ended her statement with such a genuine thank you. Hwum smiled gently at Raella and gave her hand a small squeeze.
"I would do it anytime. And for thundering Earth, stop calling me darling and beauty and whatnot. I'm not anything that fancy."
Hwum huffed a bit at the end, her cheeks warm.

Hwum wasn't naturally nocturnal, and back home she had lived according to the sun's rising and falling. After all, she had lived underground in tunnels. But here Hwum had to live, got to live, under the sky. And it had been the chief and her family's idea Hwum tried living nocturnally. Thus far it had worked well enough, but...it was a bit lonely.

"It can't be helped, what you can't do you can't do. And thanks to it I can meet interesting people like you."
Hwum smiled happily at Raella.
"Oh, this is my first time in a forest. It's really amazing, I love it. Well, aside from the monsters, of course."
Hwum laughed a bit.

Hwum didn't expect Raella to agree to easily to stop calling her...all the things the girl had called her. Being flattered like that felt Hwum feel strange and frustrated, she felt that praise had to be earned through actions and virtue, not just by being pretty or something. And Hwum was ready to be as stubborn as the bedrock when it came to standing behind her views.

It felt like Raella was inside a cocoon, and occasionally the cocoon cracked and showed a glimpse of who Raella really was, what she really thought. But then she patched the cocoon right up and went back to smiling in that way that made Hwum feel fidgety and nervous.
Hwum smiled a bit when Raella's voice hitched and shook hear head.
"You're plenty interesting, I feel like I could spent a lot of time with you and never get bored."
At least not if Raella kept changing her demeanor every few minutes. Although Hwum never got bored of being with people, aside from Hrek. But he was as dull as boreon.
Get it? Boreon? As in boron? But with bore because he's boring?

Being called dear didn't bother Hwum as much, surprisingly. That she had been called many times before by the older males in her clan and her mentor, the Pillar. But coming from Raella it still made Hwum feel strange, and her cheeks were a bit warm as she cleared her throat a bit and let go of Raella's hand. She could smell there weren't any monsters around anymore, and they were getting out of the Forbidden forest. But Hwum still remained close to Raella. She didn't know how good her nightvision was. Because to be able to launch all those compliments at Hwum in this dark meant Raella had at least some degree of nightvision.
"Well, you see, I grew up and lived most of my life in underground tunnels. Didn't have much trees there, barely any greens. I've never seen this many trees in one place, it's incredible."
At this point Hwum looked around in awe, taking a deep breath and taking in the cold, but still earthy night air.

Hwum had not hated living underground, there she had been able to see noth with her eyes and feet and her clan, whole family, was there with her. But she had always been drawn under the sky, to watch the stars and wish she could see the sun.
Hwum answered Raella's genuine smile, recognizing it as such. Hwum nodded excitedly, the girl clearly had some understanding of how Hwum felt.
"I haven't still seen the sea yet, but I've been told it looks amazing. Before I have only seen mountains, they look beautiful as well but I can't even begin to imagine such a large basically flat surface."

Lonely? Well, yes, sometimes. I was surrounded by family, but they were all different from me in ways that created a kind of wall. I could often break through it, but sometimes I felt isolated."
Hwum said in a slightly sad tone and smiled at Raella. Hwum didn't miss Raella's apathy, and touched her hand to the girl's shoulder gently.
"This island is full of people, I'm certain you won't be lonely here."