Totoka River uuliktuk ☙

She replied with her request and there was a slight flicker across his face, perhaps surprise?  It was there for only a second, but his eyes were briefly more alive.  Vidocq looked away briefly, then back to her and again he was reserved has he had been before.

He bowed his head again, but with a slight smile.  That is something I can do, I am at your service.  Is it this, ah... The quaking, that troubles you? Or are you as new to this land as I?  That was when he took a moment to lean down to nibble a moment on the salmon she'd provided. He watched her keenly, ready to pause and finish the bite whenever she replied.