[se] neither emotions nor conflicts

Noah

Don't the best of them bleed it out?
While the rest of them peter out

His softened body language did not seem to help the dragon -- though he much preferred her jumping to hide behind Melita than to outright attack him, or even pounce on his chest as Phoebe's dragon had done many, many years ago during their first meeting. To further his softened stature, Noah rested his spear next to him in the sand.

"Killing void creatures." Noah replied with the same tone, lifting a brow curiously down at the half-dug hole. "Want a hand?" Noah asked, but reached forward to scoop out some sand that threatened to fall into the hole without waiting for an answer.

Truth or consequence, say it aloud
Use that evidence, race it around