Her answer was acceptable, and he flashed her another grin.<br/><br/>"As yae like, lady," he replied. That done he returned to his duties. While his mind had, over the course of the walk, wandered roundabout back to the earliest part of their conversation, this wasn't the time or place to be distracted - well,<i>too</i>distracted - by the lovely woman who was currently his charge. Granted, he'd come close to...something, earlier, but the argument had soured things. They seemed to be back on their previous track, though - getting to know each other, enjoying one another's company. Or maybe that was just him.<br/><br/>"Will do my best tae keep yae from 'arm. Yae 'ave my word." Ears following the slightest sound he lead onward. As the trees, thickened, and the light dimmed, he stopped. The dimming of the light was not from the canopy overhead; indeed, the trees here were bare of any foliage. But there was a hint of something heavy in the air, dimming the twilight that the island basked in. Pointing ahead, Tery growled faintly.<br/><br/>"It gets thicker this way. But it's still kin'a thin 'ere." In the direction he pointed, the woods grew closer, and darker still. The darkness waved and swirled, like smoke in a breeze, however, less the inky blackness of night and more a thickening of the airy substance.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>