Indeed he did know the drill, but his expression grew even more thoughtful as she listed what would be needed to craft what he requested. No simple shopping list of ingredients, this. It was a challenge worthy of the armor he sought, requiring serious thought about what would satisfy the descriptions he had been given.
"Yes," he said after a long moment, ideas beginning to churn slowly, deep beneath the surface of his conscious mind. "Thank you." For hearing his prayer and answering it, giving him the chance to gain a great boon from her.
As he was preparing to take his leave, a final thought occurred to him, and he removed the Kraken's map from his pouch, unrolling it to show the goddess. "Does this place look familiar? I have been unable to find it," he admitted. But then, the map had a bird's-eye - or star's-eye - view the merman could only imagine.
"Yes," he said after a long moment, ideas beginning to churn slowly, deep beneath the surface of his conscious mind. "Thank you." For hearing his prayer and answering it, giving him the chance to gain a great boon from her.
As he was preparing to take his leave, a final thought occurred to him, and he removed the Kraken's map from his pouch, unrolling it to show the goddess. "Does this place look familiar? I have been unable to find it," he admitted. But then, the map had a bird's-eye - or star's-eye - view the merman could only imagine.
