He blinks, the frown returning to his lips as she asks if he too gets the echoes. He had never considered them echoes, but he supposes it fits. Though they had been difficult to understand at first, it hadn’t taken him long to learn that most of them were not his own. That what others have seen and felt lay open like a novel before him, long and twisting and not entirely made of sense. Perhaps that is a little like the way his voice seems to echo off the cliffs of Nerine. A repeat of the things others have shouted. Metaphorically, of course.
“Yes,” he replies slowly, his vibrant blue gaze now curious as he watches her come closer.
Undoubtedly, if he had asked, Lilli would have told him more. Would have taught him where they came from. But he had never slowed down long enough to wonder. He had always taken them as simple fact, not something unusual or uncommon. After all, something never appears too much of a gift when seemingly everyone can do it. And by that same token, it does not even occur to him to ask her whether or not she has them. Not when she already knows and the erroneous logic of youth dictates that therefore she must.
Returning her smile with one of his own, his ears flick atop his skull as he digs back through his memories. Though they are faded (he had been barely days old), he realizes he had met him. Only briefly, with no words spoken before he had been sent off in the company of Rosey and Oren to play while mama chatted. So he nods, brows furrowing as he tries to remember more.
“It was only for a minute,” he clarifies after a moment before continuing, “but mom told me about you guys.” He shifts then, glancing into the distance where Taiga would soon begin to fade into bare hills. “She’s gone for a few days,” he continues distractedly, gaze growing distant. “I was, uh, just going to check… the borders.”
At the last, he brightens visibly, turning back to Cheri with a sudden grin on lips, delighted by the way inspiration had so easily struck. That certainly sounded much better than that he had been bored out of his mind.
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@[Cheri]