"Not an ice-bound one," he corrected her, continuing to play the stuffy academic. "It's Flowerbirth, after all." Then he let the act drop with a wink. "But I do tend to get a little too caught up in my own sense of self-importance sometimes. Feel free to poke me if you see it happening." She was a stranger, but one who wasn't afraid of a little humor or vulgarity. She reminded him of Edy in some ways, his dead friend who had been eaten by a Landshark half a year back, and the nostalgia softened him towards her more than he might have otherwise done.
"I want nothing to do with it, either," he agreed drily, lips quirking at the phrase 'bite me.' "But I've been told that the bite causes a feeling of intense pleasure in both the biter and the bite-ee. I suppose it's a mechanism to keep the bite-ee from trying to run away or fight back." Her quip had him chuckling and he nodded agreement. "As far as I'm aware they're not, ah, 'fully functional' in that capacity, but I've not wanted to get close enough to see for myself." He shrugged lightly. "The bite seems to be enough for them, though."
He tilted his head at her curiously. "What about Halo? Any particularly dangerous people or races I should keep an eye out for there if I go to visit or trade? And what would make good trading materials?"
"I want nothing to do with it, either," he agreed drily, lips quirking at the phrase 'bite me.' "But I've been told that the bite causes a feeling of intense pleasure in both the biter and the bite-ee. I suppose it's a mechanism to keep the bite-ee from trying to run away or fight back." Her quip had him chuckling and he nodded agreement. "As far as I'm aware they're not, ah, 'fully functional' in that capacity, but I've not wanted to get close enough to see for myself." He shrugged lightly. "The bite seems to be enough for them, though."
He tilted his head at her curiously. "What about Halo? Any particularly dangerous people or races I should keep an eye out for there if I go to visit or trade? And what would make good trading materials?"
