Izu's reply came slowly, an odd smile gracing is features. He reached for her hand, gently holding it in his, "You sure fucked her up, huh? Anyway, your palm or anything hurt? Her head seemed a bit...Well, her head seemed a bit fuckin' dense if I'm being honest." Alida let out an unintentional snort, snatching her hand away to cover her mouth and nose in embarrassment. Izu didn't seem to think anything of it, pulling her towards him. Instinctively, willingly she embraced him. It was a calming moment for her.<br/><br/>When they both felt satisfied, they separated and Izu wasted no time in describing a familiar scene to Alida. She held back her smile, waiting for Izu to finish. So he had noticed the light after all. She knew he was perceptive, but had assumed wrongly that Izu would be too distracted by the festival to notice it. "It's hard to explain. It was so alien to me, unlike anything I've ever experienced before. It led me to you though, well and then you beat that Orc's ass. Kinda ruined the moment, but hey," he said with a shrug of finality.<br/><br/>Alida found it strange that Izu was seemingly so compelled to follow the path in such a trance-like state. She certainly had control on whether or not she wished to follow the light. Then again, maybe Izu being human at his core created a variable in their bond. Certainly things in Izu's world didn't meld in the same ways it did in her world, so it made sense there would be a few anomalies here and there, right?<br/><br/>Before she could probe Izu's experience further, Hest seemingly appeared out of no where. Alida, as usual, was startled by the sudden intrusion. She didn't have a chance to say anything before Hest had gathered Izu and her into his wings, procuring seeds to show them. While Alida was not interested in that moment, it seemed Izu had no hesitation.<br/><br/>Before she could warn him what the seeds were, Izu blindly threw them into his mouth, following Hest's example. She ignored their exchange with one another as she counted down backwards from 100, doing her best to not let overwhelming annoyance flood her. It would just cloud her judgement and potentially have an influence over Izu's intoxicated time---something she did not wish to negatively impact in any way.<br/><br/>Alida was almost at one when Hest began to play with her hair. She flinched a little, not a fan of such intimate seeming contact with anyone outside of Izu. She knew that Hest's actions were innocent, though, and did her best to ignore the urge to run away. "Oh, it's one of those, huh..." Izu muttered out before giggles overwhelmed him. Alida couldn't help the small, amused smirk that spread on her face. Izu was quite adorable. He ran his hand through Alida's hair, "Aah. Yeah. I get it now. Hah...hahahaha...haaa..."<br/><br/>"Well, I guess this is what is going to happen for the next few hours, hmm," Alida's tone was neutral, her annoyance from earlier successfully abated. She gently grabbed Hest's wrist, guiding it away from her person. "Hest, I find it more appropriate if you find someone else around to pet on. Yes?" It wasn't really a request or a suggestion. She glanced over at Izu, "What would you like to do, Izu?" she asked, wondering if the seeds would make him more or less comfortable in her homeland.<br/><br/>She supposed it would be a good time to ask the questions she was always burning to have answers to, but she didn't need Izu making fun of her at that moment---not while on, essentially, drugs. They were serious inquiries, after all.<br/><br/>As Izu continued to giggle she gave a small, wistful sigh. She'd just have to ask another day how the internet wasn't classified as magic in his world.<br/><br/>"We have a glowing forest," she said, seemingly out of the blue. She knew, though, a glowing forest was quite the spectacle in the human world. They didn't quite have the same natural wonders as Alida's did. The glows ranged in color and pulsated with life at all hours of the day---but it was always most noticeable during the evening for obvious reasons. There was one tree in particular that Alida loved. It was similar to what humans called the weeping willow. The long, curtains of leafed branches were always a soft lavender color, while the tree itself looked like a mix of normal wood and glowing opal. Usually a little bit of comforting warmth emitted from it, making it a favorite spot for Alida to meditate.<br/><br/>Alida lost herself for a moment remembering the beautiful tree. She hadn't seen it since the week before she had been thrown into the human realm.