Sunspire Mountains Waiting for a friend

"Now you disappoint me - just as I thought that you look exactly like an adrenaline junkie," Birk pretended to be disappointed, though the smile kept breaking through the serious facade he tried to keep up. Eventually he gave up the struggle and chuckled. 

"I think I have met someone from there, though I can't recall who and you it definitely wasn't," the gate was open and the flood of words had begun, controllable at the moment, but, who knew for how long. "Anyway - you are still prettier," he added and wagged his tail to emphasize the point. "Eta is some sort of title, right?"