Heron Lake Plateau ain't that a kick in the head

Hopefully Kiwi didn't feel too babied or overexplained, Eljay thought, when she said that she knew what moss was. Of course she knew that. But just in case she didn't... Eljay knew that his own siblings hadn't all had much interest in herbs of any sort. He was not too sure Tegan could point out any sort of herb, at least. But then again, maybe moss was general knowledge enough. Eljay's face indeed did not show any overconfident underestimation -- if anything, it showed a bit of apology because he wondered if explaining moss was too dumbed down -- and he looked away to pretend to search on as Kiwi looked at him.

Eljay was glad to have some company as he searched. He didn't read a lot of enthusiasm from Kiwi's response, but then, he wasn't all that enthusiastic for this place either. Eljay hadn't expected the question about Bat, though maybe he should've. He sensed the tension and awkwardly replied, "Oh, uh.." Then thought for a second or two before tacking on: "I think a few months..? I haven't really properly met Bat yet, though." For this Eljay was a little embarrassed, because he felt he should've already met Bat in those few months. Then maybe he would've been able to tell a little more about how she was doing and all that. "Did uh.. did you miss her..?" Eljay was not actually too sure why Wiffle and Kiwi'd come here; had they been looking for Bat? Were they planning to stay for the long run?