Dragoncrest Cliffs he is neither gentle nor kind

For a moment he thinks Silkie will zoom right by him without comment and contents himself to just watching, but it seems his speech has distracted the boy. His lips curve up in a slightly amused smile, repeating gently, "bonjour. It means 'hello'." 

It seems the poor frog has not made an escape after all, re-emerging briefly in little Tux's mouth as the other boy comes barrelling out of nowhere. Tux drops it and Étoille watches it scramble away, secretly rooting for it's escape before turning his attention to Tux, amused as always by the various pronouncations of his name. "Bonjour, Tux," he greets, "what were you up to?"