Or a candle dancing on the breeze

He had not meant looks the way she took it, and perhaps his words would have been better put as 'pretty faces'. It had been a jesting reference to the fact that Lasher or Blue might take physical retribution to such a summons (despite their sweet tempers). She instead took it to mean their reputations, which actually made a lot of sense in a more serious tone.

He did not mind serious talk, not one bit, and actually could relate quite well to the topic. "I think I do. What is it you think they see?" He was curious. In his case... well, sometimes he wondered if others saw much of anything. He had no intentions of changing, nor did he dislike the way he was, but he sometimes wondered what it would be like to have a stronger personality. Would he still feel disconnected as he sometimes did? Part of him thought everyone likely felt the same at some time or another, but it was hard to imagine with some.