Call Me Crazy, But...

Her presence momentarily became a distraction. Gideon turned to her voice and a gull swooped in, eager to take advantage of the opening. They really were tremendously annoying creatures, seagulls. It seemed to her they served no purpose aside from screeching loudly, trying to steal your food, and taking no care with where they dropped their... business. She'd been fortunate not to deal with many of them in her original homeland, being far from a major water source, but since she'd arrived here she hadn't left the shoreline and they hadn't disappeared. She observed as Gideon turned to make a final stand, but thought better of it and gave up the carcass. Her head tilted to the side in confusion.

Why walk away after all that work? Granted, she couldn't think of a great reason for the work in the first place. It was a rotten carcass after all. But he explained after a moment that he had no intention of eating or keeping it, that his patrol was merely one of revenge. Nati could understand that and she nodded knowingly. "I see," she responded with a smirk. "I'm glad to hear you don't have a death wish." It would be a shame, she thought, for him to poison himself before she could properly apologize - or at least, before she could do what she considered an apology without actually saying sorry for anything.

So down to business. "I was wondering if you'd like to explore the island with me. I didn't get far last night and I want to reach the mountain. Maybe we could find some food that isn't decaying along the way?"