He took the charm back when Maea was done examining it, attaching it to a little silver chain that he looped a couple of times around his wrist to keep it secure. "I'm workin' on a way t'see Void stuff," he confided in her, tapping the Goggles that rested atop his head at the moment. "Your experiment got me thinkin' 'bout that Dahlia woman we were warned about, an' how she didn't look any different, right? So I asked Safrin t'give me a way t'see things that've been infected, even if they're not obvious." It was weird that all the plants and animals took on dark or purple hues, but the person who the Big Boys had run into on the fallen moon-island-thing didn't like purple at all.
He grinned a little as she puffed up, proud as a little bantam, to relate her tale of dreams and magic. The recounting of waking up as a confused bird drew a snicker from him as he pictured it: the white gore crow flapping and flopping around in a tangle of sheets. But as funny as it was, she looked genuinely happy about it and he rubbed the back of his neck as his grin softened. "Aw, hail Maea... that's awesome. I'm really happy for you. 'Specially if it means you'll be takin' up less space on th'Peregrine!" He slipped into teasing as an instinctive defense against getting too feelsy and awkward!
"So what brings y'all th'way out t'King's End? Y'didn't go over th'Greatwood did you?" he asked, a flicker of concern in his eyes at the thought of her having to land in the void-infested forest to rest between days of traveling.
He grinned a little as she puffed up, proud as a little bantam, to relate her tale of dreams and magic. The recounting of waking up as a confused bird drew a snicker from him as he pictured it: the white gore crow flapping and flopping around in a tangle of sheets. But as funny as it was, she looked genuinely happy about it and he rubbed the back of his neck as his grin softened. "Aw, hail Maea... that's awesome. I'm really happy for you. 'Specially if it means you'll be takin' up less space on th'Peregrine!" He slipped into teasing as an instinctive defense against getting too feelsy and awkward!
"So what brings y'all th'way out t'King's End? Y'didn't go over th'Greatwood did you?" he asked, a flicker of concern in his eyes at the thought of her having to land in the void-infested forest to rest between days of traveling.
