Sleeping Dragon Topaz

He closed in on her immediate vicinity, and sees the relaxed neutrality she gives him. Dio has only spent a little time around her so he is not at full disclosure when it comes to all of her nuances and finer details of her preferences, but she has always seemed like a friendly sort to him. He's at relative ease around her, and familiar enough to be a little more personable than he may otherwise be towards the strangers -- who get him at his most staunch.

"Not exactly. Coming off patrol right now." He motioned in the direction he had come from, although just barely. "It's been keeping me busy, but staying quiet on my watch.  I can't exactly take issue with that," he detailed. It was a routine he was good at and particularly devoted to, but even he could see the benefit in temporary reprieve from the same general pathways and task day in and out, hour after hour. "What about you?" he returned and canted his head subtly towards the patched female.