befuddlement ensues, sluggish smile limning pallid features unbidden. such quaint individual, in more ways than one, yet does not press. ❛ fufu~ no need. curiosity kills the cat, sure... ❜
startled upon being caught for watching, the hitch in his throat is quietly cleared... there's no use denying anything now. ❛ this humble one apologizes for staring. i'm not used to seeing such contraptions... how does it work? ❜
ah, benevolent kinship … may the geo archon bless him. he insists, however. pray tell, what brings him to the nation of contracts﹖ saint here might be of assistance.