Little of both. [ Will she ever find out exactly what he can do? Maybe eventually, if he ever finally gets around to explaining in full. For the time being, he chooses not to mention she does smell distantly of a sort of reptile, which suggests some possible relation between species that go beyond the visual patterning of her scales and tail.
One day, he might ask why they were absent inside the Horizon the first time. He's intrigued, not because of the shift in appearance alone, but because Estinien had not implied Himeka was born any differently or was changed at all. In fact, he'd specifically named the race to which she belonged, one that didn't sound especially uncommon. So why the deviation, only that once?
—Wait, has she just implied she eats corrupted vegetation? ]
Mmh. [ Mild concern is contained in that noise. He takes another skewer and sticks a non-corrupted bit of onion into his mouth. How many trees grow ornery in her world? Plenty of shit lurks in the forests, but ornery trees are not a thing he needs to be concerned about on a day to day basis. ] I suspect your plant life is more active than mine.
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One day, he might ask why they were absent inside the Horizon the first time. He's intrigued, not because of the shift in appearance alone, but because Estinien had not implied Himeka was born any differently or was changed at all. In fact, he'd specifically named the race to which she belonged, one that didn't sound especially uncommon. So why the deviation, only that once?
—Wait, has she just implied she eats corrupted vegetation? ]
Mmh. [ Mild concern is contained in that noise. He takes another skewer and sticks a non-corrupted bit of onion into his mouth. How many trees grow ornery in her world? Plenty of shit lurks in the forests, but ornery trees are not a thing he needs to be concerned about on a day to day basis. ] I suspect your plant life is more active than mine.