Johan shook off the- memory? Dream? With a quick barely-there shrug. Something was badly wrong, either with himself or with reality, and he didn't have time to figure out which was which. He knew Tayna's reputation well enough, but something... odd, seemed to be reacting to the other officer's presence. He gave Naji's belly due credit with antoher glance, and a little smile as he listened to the explanation. "Alright. Well, you didn't go out alone, so good enough with me. Sad that Yumina doesn't want to come with us, but you never know. Like you said, we could have used her." When he pats the drow's stomach, one eyebrow goes up just a little- he hadn't really expected to feel the signs of her meal breaking down *yet*, but there was that telltale sponginess. Whether or not the half-orc was quiet by choice or incapacitation he didn't know, but the drow was certainly developing well as a predator. And- "She looks nice on you," he says, repeating the compliment from the prior night and believing it.<br/><br/>Tayna gets his attention after that, as an officer should. As soon as she doesn't turn down a belly rub, his one hand starts idly massaging that swollen gut, though he manages to keep his eyes on the officer's face and not the bulge down below. He's had *lots* of practice with this, but Johan's not doing too much- just an idle, distracting pattern of motion on top of the squirming stomach as he listens. It doesn't change ro slow as Tayna starts to relay more serious news. "Attacked you in daylight, what, just for being part of a rival mercenary group? You've had a healer look at that, of course- Anastasia, one of the fairies in my unit, is good with healing, she might be able to do something to help promote healing before you leave," he offers. "I just left her upstairs, she'll probably be down before you return. She and Alura would, I'm pretty sure, be happy to help however they can." He continues to massage as he thinks through the information, face settling into a grimmer cast as he starts turning over possibilitiesin his head. But his mind isn't quite going down the same track as Tayna's.<br/><br/>A big well. Maybe the biggest. And this one- "Tayna... tell Rylee to be careful. The well we found here also popped up out of nowhere, and it misbehaved when it was prodded. It *vanished*, and I haven't ever heard of one doing that. If we take this new one, we have to be really, really careful- and if our employer isn't being careful, he needs to get the unit to a safe distance." He sounds unwontedly serious. "I don't know enough about magic to know what happened, but when the well here blew, it knocked half of us out, did some weird things to our heads-" he could leave it at that for now. "If one much bigger goes away, there's no telling what the reaction might be. So... we have to try to get it, but I'd strongly suggest not treating it like any other well. Cyria was up close and personal with it too, when we all arrive we can talk with some of the other sorcerers and wizards to come up with a plan of attack. If you're picking up reinforcements, though, I'd try to find a few academically-inclined sorcerers who've made studies of wells more in-depth than just 'how to tap them for energy'- if I'm right and this one's Different like the one here, it's going to need a big brain to tame it, and other mercenary groups probably aren't thinking in those terms. Could beat them all to getting the ivory tower intellectuals."<br/><br/>As he continues to massage with one hand, he apparently provokes one of the fox's meals into a bit of a struggle, and he can't quite restrain his smile. He had that effect on people. Talk goes to the alternatives, and he nods through them, taking the information into his mind. When Lea's introduced, he turns and gives her a grin- yeah, he had eyes for stomach bulges more than anything else. "Hello! Good to have you- we're down one, don't know if you knew yet. Sasara had some-" He waves his hand, "Religious thing, and decided her goddess needed her to melt inside Cyria." He shrugs. "Far be it for me to infringe on my people's freedom of religion, but it's wretched time. It's good to have you on board. Scout and saboteur? We could use you indeed. We tried to open up a fight yesterday by being sneaky, but our lizardman... well, he weighs about twice as much as I do, and then wears a hundred pounds of full plate, so... yeah, sneaky wasn't something he was able to pull off. I can do it a little, but having someone who can actually get in close and tell me what we're dealing with before it tries to pounce on me with an open mouth would be downright good. So." He pulls his hand away. "I'll go down to the docks and try to get us passage on a ship, to get there as fast as possible. Lea- you're with me, we're on the buddy system in this town. Had you been here waiting for us, or did you just get in yesterday too? Naji, if I can't get a good enough deal, we'll make tracks through the jungle. Take... Cyria, Alura, and Anastasia," he says, "And find the best maps you can, just in case. Either way, we'll head out when I get back- shipboard if we can, through the jungle if we have to, but being late's not an option." He grunts, just a little. "Sounds like time's of the essence, Tayna, or I'd offer you more than a one-handed bellyrub. Do see if Anastasia can do anything for that before it turns to scar tissue. Lea- finish eating, I'll go get my sword. We'll at least have a chance to introduce ourselves properly while we walk, if nothing else."<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">I don't mind at all! Either way of playing it can be interesting. Johan's general approach is to half-consciously charm and flirt with, well, just about anything that moves until brushed back, and not hold much in the way of grudges outside of a fight. I think we can just see how it develops for now given an initial reflexive dislike!</div></div></div>