passenger

Hattori listened, patient enough with unblinking eyes. Unyielding in his aloofness, but not outright unkind or judgemental. He nodded once, thinking it all over in relative silence. He'd arrived in Boreas in a poor state too, the journey was long and arduous, not the sort he'd like to make again. But there was something familiar about this one, a line of thought that brought a frown to Hattori's features as he looked at the chimera koi for a moment longer, clearly too weak to speak for himself as he was tended to.

No matter, they could talk later. For now there was much to be done, quarters to be assigned and paths to be swept away.

He thought for a moment that he ought to be tended to at the Bay but...the majority of their stores were in the depths of the maze. Their accommodations more luxurious, homely and organised, whilst the Bay was comparably more sparse. Mostly used for fishing with the occasional shack littering the dry land.

"If you vouch for him then he can stay." Hattori decided, flicking his tail to gesture for the others to help him inside. To bring him into the shadows, where the bamboo stood tall and concealed all.