<span style="color: #00FF00">Valehna looked hazily at the key Tal had picked up, noticing its strange red glow. Befuddled as her mind was, she could only just place it as a similar color to the glow she had seen from the lake. She furrowed her brow and walked towards him unevenly, mustering all her effort to not stumble.<br/><br/>"Let me see that," she requested, her voice thick. She held out her hand, arm trembling.</span><br/><br/>"There's a lot to learn about you," Mesaraih responded, looking up at the ceiling of the room. He tapped the side of his head. "I'll just think it then."<br/><br/>He considered her expression for a second when she tilted her head, and considered himself. He was altogether not sure why he was saying some of the things he was saying. A cocky half-smile came onto his lips, and words spilled from his mouth out of reflex.<br/><br/>"Well I'm trying to cut off all your options," he said, his mind racing for a satisfactory answer. "I'd prefer you come with us... it's really everyone's best shot at survival. But if you don't want to..." he made another show of looking thoughtful. "It would be you and me, or me with the other two. I suppose being in a group of three would give me slightly higher chances of survival... but I'd rather the group split into two even parts than me go off with the others at the expense of leaving you by yourself."<br/><br/>He paused again, working through his thoughts as he tried to continue speaking. "So yes. I'd leave them for you. Not because it makes sense, but because," his eyes darted around the room as a smile crept onto his face, "I'm impulsive. And..."<br/><br/>He extended a hand towards Ester's, lightly brushing her fingertips before pulling on her hand more firmly, pulling her until her face was right in front of his.<br/><br/>"More reckless than you might think," he said softly into her ear, moving his face even closer. He made a move right afterwards to retreat to the wall, intending to lean against it. He felt incredibly foolish, but at the same time the action gave him a strange and unfamiliar catharsis.