Michael
"Exotic animals... Exotic Animals..."
*The young man paces in a circle. As he ponders about exotic animals. . .Beastkin and Oriates cross his mind. He senses something oddly wrong about the idea but goes for anyways*

"Zebra?—No plain, Lion— no too boisterous—Leopard?"

*He was going down the list of savanna animals, he still felt that there was something ironically wrong about dressing as a beastkin or an oriate. Especially if one of his acquaintances was one. . .*

"I give, tell me Lyra. . . What animal?"
*It was at this point the young man decided to fully commit to loitering around Lyra. He'd go and take a seat on the base of a nearby tree*
James
"Zebra is actually a nice idea." Lyra timidly pointed out, but with a smile. Perhaps she was getting a bit more loose. "But... I was actually thinkin', somethin' like a peacock." She explained while tapping her fingers against her paper.
Michael
*The young man would hesitate in his motion to sit down he shakes his head at the Zebra idea he thought about its palette for a moment, then it's symbolism . . . He did keep it as a fallback idea. But as he heard the name peacock. His view focuses on Lyra in a state of awe, A peacock—! It's a perfect. It's colorful, showy and it symbolizes quite a few things that resonates with him as a person. . . He smirks before he speaks*

"Actually, a peacock isn't that bad of an idea. . . I'll probably go with that! Only problems now is I must go find one and sadly borrow its feathers. . . I won't be looking forward to harming said bird."
*He sighs, and laughs to himself placing a hand on his forehead.*

"That . . . And I'm not going to be looking forward to my ￼￼acquaintances remarks of me being a peacock. . . I think I can already imagine the jokes they'll make when they see it. . . "
James
"They... Make jokes of you?" Lyra asked, with some oddly deep sympathy. "It's okay. Sometimes people pointed out I'm too odd-minded." She added, kind of almost missing the point of the conversation.

Then, she managed to snap herself back to the topic. "Oh. But I'm glad you considered one of my ideas good." She said with a smile.