Valadius nods to Arkain, "Pleased to meet you, Arkain.  I must thank you for the water and I do plan to stay for a while before returning home.  Maybe a couple of days or so."  He notices the snake and nods to him, then goes back to the lizard, "So, tell me, what must I do to go through this initiation?  I'm rather weary, if it isn't so impolite for me to say."