Valetni slowly ate, not bothering to taste the food. What did it matter to him what it tasted like? Meal time was better spent observing his erstwhile comrades. People never seemed to realize how much their body language could betray them, what information unknowingly given away to even the least observant person. Valetni liked to observe, to watch. People were like puzzles, how they fit together, what made them, all such as that. But that element of randomness that drove away the predictability was something that he despised. Plants, animals, chemicals, all predictable, logical, boring. There was no challenge. As much as Valetni disliked people, they were interesting, and ever developing challenges to be puzzled out and solved.<br/><br/>Apparently the Gryphon could not handle its liquor, discrete testing would have to be performed to determine whether this was restricted solely to alcohol, depressants in general, or all substances it ingested.<br/><br/>The knight, Morr, was a rather boring puzzle, easily figured out and unlikely to change.<br/><br/>The girl, well...Valetni shifted uncomfortably, he had always felt awkward around children, especially the excitable ones.<br/><br/>The cook, from what little Valetni had seen, was a strange bird, no doubt. She seemed to be hiding something, a secret, and rather poorly at that. At other times he might have been tempted to uncover whatever it was, but now it barely interested him. He had big fish to fry, so to speak.<br/><br/>Zato was another easy one, he appeared to care about only two things, Mary and his brew.<br/><br/>As for the apprentice of the healer, Elia...Valetni would be keeping a sharp eye on her, something about her, her behavior in his vicinity in particular, struck him as off. He wasn't quite sure why, his interaction with her prior to this had been extremely limited but...he would watch her nonetheless.<br/><br/>The big man, Irwin or Urkel or something, was simply an idiot. Valetni nearly snorted as he remembered how the man had been apprehended, the story had spread even to the infirmary.<br/><br/>Valetni idly stabbed something with his fork, lifting it to his mouth without even looking down.<br/><br/>People were interesting, be a shame if they all died.