He hadn't been expecting company, and for once Isuma hadn't alerted him to the arrival of the newcomer. The gryphlet was too distracted laughing at him to keep her usual lookout, and the bard found himself having to bite back a startled noise, turning it into a cough instead as he turned to look at the polite Outlander he'd met during LongNight. He paused in his work to look the other man over, taking in his relatively clean clothes and less-clean boots, and realized his own shabby and muddied appearance was far from his best. Then again, he hadn't been expecting company, so it wasn't really his fault...
It was just unfortunate to be seen like this by someone who he'd already made a bad impression on, he feared.
"Not a bother, particularly," he called back, hoping he was using the word in the same way that Aonghas seemed to be. "The Memory Mud is being a bit stubborn, but that's nothing new." As if to punctuate his words the goop in its makeshift corral of rocks and branches produced a sound that was astonishingly like a loud belch. "You might want to watch your step, though. In spring the Oasis tends to overflow a bit and the area around it can get a bit swampy." Some areas more than others, but Aonghas was on his way to stepping in a particularly deep mud sink if he didn't watch his step.
"What brings you out this way, Aonghas? Hunting Magna Vermis for the party?"
It was just unfortunate to be seen like this by someone who he'd already made a bad impression on, he feared.
"Not a bother, particularly," he called back, hoping he was using the word in the same way that Aonghas seemed to be. "The Memory Mud is being a bit stubborn, but that's nothing new." As if to punctuate his words the goop in its makeshift corral of rocks and branches produced a sound that was astonishingly like a loud belch. "You might want to watch your step, though. In spring the Oasis tends to overflow a bit and the area around it can get a bit swampy." Some areas more than others, but Aonghas was on his way to stepping in a particularly deep mud sink if he didn't watch his step.
"What brings you out this way, Aonghas? Hunting Magna Vermis for the party?"
