"The best way." Fjord agreed with a smile that while it was genuine, was a little crooked, like he wasn't entirely sure how to hold his own mouth. Not entirely untrue- even with his tusks filed and chipped down it wasn't like they were hidden if he smiled too wide, and he wasn't sure what these people thought about his sort yet. He'd found people were willing to overlook the color, so long as the more 'savage' elements seemed to have been 'bred out' for whatever reason.
"Can't say I've heard of the Green Towers either so I'm likely a lot farther from home than I thought." It made him somewhat nervous. Surviving on the ocean meant you needed to have a heading, needed to have your bearings. Rudderless in the middle of the desert seemed just as much a death warrant to him as being adrift did. "Won't say no to splittin' what's useful. Lost as I am, was figurin' the best option would be findin' the nearest settlement where I can get an idea of the lay of things without gettin' in too much trouble just for bein' y'know..."
She'd probably assume he meant 'an outsider' even if the result was basically the same.
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Date: 2021-03-04 02:58 am (UTC)"Can't say I've heard of the Green Towers either so I'm likely a lot farther from home than I thought." It made him somewhat nervous. Surviving on the ocean meant you needed to have a heading, needed to have your bearings. Rudderless in the middle of the desert seemed just as much a death warrant to him as being adrift did. "Won't say no to splittin' what's useful. Lost as I am, was figurin' the best option would be findin' the nearest settlement where I can get an idea of the lay of things without gettin' in too much trouble just for bein' y'know..."
She'd probably assume he meant 'an outsider' even if the result was basically the same.