Xix gently pets the cell, smiling at its affection. "That's a good...smart...cell," he says warmly, trying to think of a name for it, "let me just get this...rock thing and we can be on our way. Do you know where we should go next?"<br/>He feels a bit silly asking such a difficult question of a creature that can't talk, but it was a native of this body. He puts the strange stone in his backpack and looks for where a shortcut might be.