It was comforting for him to know that she was willing to allow him to rant to her whenever he needed it, though it was very rare for him to be put into those moods. For the most part he was able to keep himself in pretty high spirits despite what had happened in his past. "Thank you," speaking a genuinely grateful tone towards her as she nuzzled him.<br/><br/>He noticed her attention shift forward and sniff the air as if she was sensing something and looked in the direction she had faced, squinting his eyes to peer through the dense forest and many thickets that surrounded them, noticing that a bit beyond the trees ahead of them there seemed to be a far more open area compared to the rest of the forest. It looked to be as if it could be a clearing of some sort, possibly meaning that there were in fact inhabitants nearby other than the critters that roamed through the woods. Not wanting to get them noticed and possibly into some trouble in doing so, he suggested she hold tight as he started to ascend into the branches of the trees, heading slowly towards what he had his eyes on.<br/><br/>"We will take some caution approaching it, just in case they turn out to be aggressive," he spoke quietly to Alleo as he continued forward, coming very close to what was indeed a large clearing. In the clearing was a decent sized village; a dozen or so small buildings to speak of, a well in the middle of the village, and what seemed to be several residents keeping themselves busy. Some were preparing meals, others were tending to gardens or crafting materials needed for everyday tasks. The villagers themselves seemed to resemble the elves that Garsot had heard about since arriving to this world; gracefully tall figures with sharp, pointy ears, darkened eyes, pale but lovely complexion.<br/><br/>He looked onto his shoulder at his young companion with an inquisitive gaze, "Are those elves?" He was not sure whether or not Alleo had encountered elves herself, but figured he would ask anyways.