He wasn't human, he knew he wasn't - half of him, at least, and he had been raised among the Hidden rather than the humans, so it felt like most of him wasn't - and it hurt that Jiao insisted on categorizing him as such. It only made him more certain that this Hollowed Grounds wasn't the right place for him, if he would only face more such casual bigotry there, just because he was from another world. He stayed silent, though, afraid to speak up and further alienate the one Hidden - the one Fae - he had seen so far, and who was willing to speak with him and take the time to answer his questions.
"Is that the port?" he asked cautiously. He still didn't know its name, but upon his arrival it was the closest center of civilization that he'd found. "I've been hunting to feed myself, mostly, and the weather has been mild enough to sleep outside," he admitted, reaching up to run his fingers through his hair belatedly to make sure there were no leaves in it. There weren't, but he was suddenly self-conscious at the thought of making more first impressions. "I've never spent much time in towns. I grew up in the forest." He offered her a tentative smile, plucking at his hem with nervous fingers.
"I figured I was on my own anyways. No matter where I went. It's why I've been... why I haven't gone into the town yet," he admitted, nodding towards Kaiholo Port. "Do you know anyone I could... could maybe talk to there? Or even what I should be asking or... or looking for?"
"Is that the port?" he asked cautiously. He still didn't know its name, but upon his arrival it was the closest center of civilization that he'd found. "I've been hunting to feed myself, mostly, and the weather has been mild enough to sleep outside," he admitted, reaching up to run his fingers through his hair belatedly to make sure there were no leaves in it. There weren't, but he was suddenly self-conscious at the thought of making more first impressions. "I've never spent much time in towns. I grew up in the forest." He offered her a tentative smile, plucking at his hem with nervous fingers.
"I figured I was on my own anyways. No matter where I went. It's why I've been... why I haven't gone into the town yet," he admitted, nodding towards Kaiholo Port. "Do you know anyone I could... could maybe talk to there? Or even what I should be asking or... or looking for?"
