He chuckled at her admission.  He wasn't one to tell her she was miscasting the spell.  "That's where I luck out.  No one has seen me do magic but I've helped them hunt and scout.  I bet they think I'm some war-wizard or something.  Or they're scared of me.  Or they like your...<em>bird</em>" he laughed, glancing over at her as she started working through names.  "I wasn't serious about Pete, ya know..." he laughed, glad that the bird settled on another name.<br/><br/>"I've been looking for any signs of people or things.  But if they are here, they're long gone.  The animals don't really have any fear of me... I've almost gotten right up on a doe that I came across.  I think she was wondering what the hell I was."  He had heard stories of people who were so one with nature that animals would work with them, but that wasn't him.  "Every day I go a little further out, hoping to find something a bit more useful.  I did find a waterfall, but there weren't any fish it in water below, so I haven't bothered to tell anyone, my... well, our little secret now." he added, a bit of pride in his voice, but he stopped and looked at the bird, "Assuming your bird can keep his beak shut..." he laughed, stopping for a moment as they came to a clearing, getting his orientation before heading a bit to the left, more directly west.