"Hmph. That is why I am listening and not watching."

He says this, but his diamond gaze is focused on the mouth of the tunnels with an intensity that suggests he thinks his eyes can bore through the rock.

When Chris approaches he doesn't even look up, not until the waterskin is held out to him; a gesture he finds peculiar coming from this human.

For a moment he fights the urge to lunge at her and violently tear her apart for treating him like an ally. But he is an ally. For now at least.

The Calamity that threatens to destroy all worlds and chaos along with them is the enemy now. Everything else can wait.

He takes the offered skin, tips a small bit of water past his lips, then passes it back.

"So, you were called back to Avalon as well? Life has strange twists, I guess."