Got more of a weapon here than I ever had back home.
[And there's no point in trying to explain how little difference there is in what he's doing right now to what he'd be doing back home, in any similar situation. He's too familiar with this sort of stubborn, abrasive attitude, and too tired right now to properly deal with it, so...he doesn't, looking at the strange, misty wound on Xiao's arm and raising a brow.]
Looks to me like you should've just let the vines eat me.
[And with a sigh, he straightens up, carefully dislodging the clingy Krookodile from his arm so he can shrug off his backpack.]
Alright, c'mere. I don't know what the hell that means, but I have some bandages. Gotta be better than nothing.
It is my duty to protect your kind. In any case you should at least carry a weapon on you.
[And in his own gruff way his attitude and advice was part of that duty. The human now knew how to better protect himself. At least that was what he was aiming for. He's not so good at all this.
The comment about his injury has him stalling, and it takes him a moment to see what the human is speaking of.]
I am fine. The talisman I gave you is barely holding up as it is.
[Granted that was more because of the fight itself, less so the injury. He's just awkward and is trying to get out of it.]
[...oh. Oh, wait. He looks down at his necklace, and...welp. Sure enough, that weird charm he received a while back is looking pretty haggard, the once vibrant feather nearly as black as the Darkinium Z crystal hanging beside it.]
[And finally, it clicks.]
This was from you? [Makes sense. He was wondering who had left the damn thing on his doorstep...] ...and is the reason I don't feel so queasy around you this time, huh?
It is one of my feathers yes, it is capable of burning away corruption as I do.
[Which is to say it was also as capable at getting overwhelmed as he was, but in time the talisman should clear up again. Even now it remained holding strong. It would be fine so long as there were no more monsters for him to deal with.]
I told you before. I make humans ill the longer I am around them. It was better to just leave it and return to my duty.
[Also he’s bad at people and didn’t know how you go about giving these things.]
Kid, most people throw shit away when they don't know where or who it came from.
Next time at least leave a name or something.
[Part of him is wondering if he should be a little offended that Xiao even went through the trouble of leaving a gift that implies making it easier to meet again and then proceeded to...do the exact opposite of that, but. Then again, he already had the impression the kid is absolutely terrible at dealing with people.]
[This just confirms that.]
That said—
[Don't mind him, he's just using the brief distraction to grab Xiao's arm now, so he can start wrapping that up to stop the...misting......]
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Date: 2024-03-21 06:28 pm (UTC)From:Got more of a weapon here than I ever had back home.
[And there's no point in trying to explain how little difference there is in what he's doing right now to what he'd be doing back home, in any similar situation. He's too familiar with this sort of stubborn, abrasive attitude, and too tired right now to properly deal with it, so...he doesn't, looking at the strange, misty wound on Xiao's arm and raising a brow.]
Looks to me like you should've just let the vines eat me.
[And with a sigh, he straightens up, carefully dislodging the clingy Krookodile from his arm so he can shrug off his backpack.]
Alright, c'mere. I don't know what the hell that means, but I have some bandages. Gotta be better than nothing.
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Date: 2024-03-22 01:40 am (UTC)From:[And in his own gruff way his attitude and advice was part of that duty. The human now knew how to better protect himself. At least that was what he was aiming for. He's not so good at all this.
The comment about his injury has him stalling, and it takes him a moment to see what the human is speaking of.]
I am fine. The talisman I gave you is barely holding up as it is.
[Granted that was more because of the fight itself, less so the injury. He's just awkward and is trying to get out of it.]
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Date: 2024-03-22 03:32 pm (UTC)From:[...oh. Oh, wait. He looks down at his necklace, and...welp. Sure enough, that weird charm he received a while back is looking pretty haggard, the once vibrant feather nearly as black as the Darkinium Z crystal hanging beside it.]
[And finally, it clicks.]
This was from you? [Makes sense. He was wondering who had left the damn thing on his doorstep...] ...and is the reason I don't feel so queasy around you this time, huh?
Why the secrecy, though?
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Date: 2024-03-22 09:20 pm (UTC)From:[Which is to say it was also as capable at getting overwhelmed as he was, but in time the talisman should clear up again. Even now it remained holding strong. It would be fine so long as there were no more monsters for him to deal with.]
I told you before. I make humans ill the longer I am around them. It was better to just leave it and return to my duty.
[Also he’s bad at people and didn’t know how you go about giving these things.]
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Date: 2024-03-28 04:48 pm (UTC)From:Next time at least leave a name or something.
[Part of him is wondering if he should be a little offended that Xiao even went through the trouble of leaving a gift that implies making it easier to meet again and then proceeded to...do the exact opposite of that, but. Then again, he already had the impression the kid is absolutely terrible at dealing with people.]
[This just confirms that.]
That said—
[Don't mind him, he's just using the brief distraction to grab Xiao's arm now, so he can start wrapping that up to stop the...misting......]