Noctisardor Bypass not the bay-ang. the bay-ang?

he nodded his head. mostly fighting. i’m good at it, but.. guardián stopped himself from continuing, unsure of how to explain the complicated relationship he had with the trade. although acting as a mercenary came naturally to the boy, it also attached him to the nightwalkers, and to the damage they’d done. how could he separate one from the other?

instead of trying to explain, he changed the topic. i know some stuff about hunting, too, he told arbiter with a wide grin. aside from the lessons with santiago, he was largely self-taught, though he’d been stealing more than hunting recently. is that what you guys do here? hunting and fighting, that stuff?

and then— wait, what? guardián had only asked for food, and even that seemed unlikely, so arbiter’s invitation came as a complete surprise. he couldn’t help the excited wag of his tail behind him, shaking his hind-end with little subtlety. no, i don’t need anything! he assured her, that’s like- thank you!