"Hm." Eskel says. "On the one hand, I'm not human and my poison tolerance through the roof. But if it's not guest-ready then that's alright." He shrugs, taking the canteen with genuine gratitude, tipping his head back for a drink. "Thanks. Long walk from town." He offers it back, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.
Another strange moment had almost just passed between them. For half a moment he could swear the cloying floral-and-musk scent he associated with succubi had floated back to the front of his mind, but once again it seemed only an improbable sense memory for which he could find no trigger. For half a moment there had been an identifiable but surely misplaced tension. And then the creature had rustled himself and it was gone again. He oughtn't think too much about it, tearing his burning yellow gaze away from Bull.
"Alright. I'll go back to town when the weather lets up, see what I can find out. Pretense'll be that I need to do some more research in hopes it'll help me find the girls." He agrees.
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Another strange moment had almost just passed between them. For half a moment he could swear the cloying floral-and-musk scent he associated with succubi had floated back to the front of his mind, but once again it seemed only an improbable sense memory for which he could find no trigger. For half a moment there had been an identifiable but surely misplaced tension. And then the creature had rustled himself and it was gone again. He oughtn't think too much about it, tearing his burning yellow gaze away from Bull.
"Alright. I'll go back to town when the weather lets up, see what I can find out. Pretense'll be that I need to do some more research in hopes it'll help me find the girls." He agrees.