Sawtooth Spire They want me to go eat some worms

Elfie had not thought much about, what he had expected from the conversation, therefore the enthusiastic compliment came as a surprise and left him speechless for a good while. Were girls supposed to say that? Was this one good at lying or just messing with him? 'cause the last he had looked at his reflection in the crystal clear water of the Arrow lake, he had not seen anything handsome about himself. Sickly lean, scruffy and dirty. 

"T-t-thanks," he shrugged. "You too?" he was not unsure, if that was the right answer, but then he made a wild move to steer the conversation in the way he felt more comfortable with. "Where did you get that?" he beckoned to the fish.