He listened to the things she described, but none of them were for him, not really. He was a hunter yes, a warrior when required... but he had no love of violence or hurting others. He bit his lip and looked down, hating the tears that were threatening to fall when he had tried to brace himself for the worst. Only... he hadn't really accepted that the worst could be this bad.
He took several long, awkward minutes to simply breathe and get control of himself again, sniffing once as he looked up again to see the helpless indecision on Jiao's face, too. She seemed like she wanted to help, but didn't know how. It helped just to know that he wasn't alone, at least, that others had come through before, and that she felt bad for him. At least she was answering his questions, and he drew in a shaky breath as he nodded, not yet up to managing even a pretend-smile. "Thank you for... for helping," he said shyly. "I've been here for a few days but I haven't really known what to do. I... still don't, but you've given me some things to think about." Kel looked down at his hands again, still trembling in his lap, and he swallowed hard before looking up again at the Fae.
"The Greatwood... is it like here? Jungle, I mean? Or is it different? And how could I go there?"
He took several long, awkward minutes to simply breathe and get control of himself again, sniffing once as he looked up again to see the helpless indecision on Jiao's face, too. She seemed like she wanted to help, but didn't know how. It helped just to know that he wasn't alone, at least, that others had come through before, and that she felt bad for him. At least she was answering his questions, and he drew in a shaky breath as he nodded, not yet up to managing even a pretend-smile. "Thank you for... for helping," he said shyly. "I've been here for a few days but I haven't really known what to do. I... still don't, but you've given me some things to think about." Kel looked down at his hands again, still trembling in his lap, and he swallowed hard before looking up again at the Fae.
"The Greatwood... is it like here? Jungle, I mean? Or is it different? And how could I go there?"
