John was surprised to see Solanne flying in his direction, and was even more surprised to see how close the Velulu that she had dropkicked had gotten without him noticing. He was shocked and thankful, but hearing her call him "Leather Licker" spurred a more annoyed look to appear on his face. But in a moment he returned a smile, having thought of what he saw as an appropriate response. Though, as always it would seem, he somewhat stuttered in her presence.

"O-Oh, so you c-care about me? M-Maybe I'm not the only one who wants that date then?" John replied in the most playful tone he could manage. "Sorry I got cold feet, but I'm here now...and ran into a few new friends."

John turned and gestured towards Ashaad. "Uh...them." He said plainly before looking back at Solanne. "Didn't have time for names, I wanted to get back here as soon as those beasts that chased me off were dead. Speaking of which...I lost my sickles..." John explained before looking around.

He saw one of his sickles embedded in the head of a Velulu lying on the ground nearby and went to go retrieve it. He reached down and put on foot on the body as he grabbed the hilt of the blade, then pulled. After a moment the blade was retrieved from the creature's skull, but as John looked around for the other he couldn't find it. "Damn...where's the other one?"