Orion only smiled and nodded to her, wishing to not anger her nor get into an argument with her since it was pretty much assured that this would be something that they would not agree upon. So he sat there silently chewing on the herb giving her the slightest of smiles.<br/><br/>When the water nymph appeared he was surprisingly calm and even made the effort to get to his feet, showing quite a bit of recovery from the staggering and trembling man that he was before. Still when he stood it was only to then give a bow of respect to the magical being before him. "Little sister of the Great Water Spirit, child of our Great Mother I am truly honored to be in your presence. Please forgive this poor and unworthy man for making you trouble yourself in the making of clothing for me...I have very little in the way to offer you or pay you the proper respect of thanks for your kindness and the blessing that it will be to have anything that which you have touch with your own hands. Let alone create for me to wear...." his voice trailed off as he looked up to meet her eyes, a smile coming to his lips slowly as he suddenly produced a small stone knife seeming from out of no where and then proceeded to cut off one of his dreads.<br/><br/>Bowing his head once more he offered the lock of hair to the Nymph, "Please accept this small piece of me as my most humble of gifts in gratitude for you helping me. When I am better prepared and able I promise to present you with a more worthy and noble gift..." when and if she took the lock of hair he would stand back to his full height, an impressive 6'4. Looking to the Mistress of the house he bowed to her as well.<br/><br/>"I would offer you the same as a mere token and as means of showing you my dedication to repaying the debt between us..." then he smiled fully, "But you would likely refuse so I will keep my hair and save the lashing from your tongue and instead offer to help you in preparing dinner. I am a fast healer as you can see, may be a bit unsteady for a bit but that will wear off with time. I am not going to take no for answer either...unless of course only to see just what it was that meant by making me relax..." his tone and entire posture was one of teasing and relaxation, he almost appeared like he belonged right there standing before the great hearth.