Jade Fern Grove Just ignore him, that's what I do.

He followed her glance up again. Spook's own train of thought had done a good job at shortening every sentence he was going to speak. His reply was kind of quiet, maybe thoughtful or just careful for whatever reason, That would be kind of cool I think. A brief pause, before he added, Are you going to be staying around here then? Because there was kind of that obvious issue that if she was going to teach him anything, she would either have to A, be planning to stick around, or B, do so quickly before wandering off. Maybe that change was just due to the fact he wasn't exactly one who was used to getting much of what he wanted -- not out of any malice, but more because he was not pushy at all. I'm Spook.

Even though he promised his mom he'd look out for people, he hadn't actually dragged one home with him yet. If he could figure out how to actually offer her a place to stay, would Arbiter really be okay with it? Well, he assumed she knew all the normal stuff so she wouldn't be like a bad thing, right? He could ask if it came to that.