Introductions being exchanged, Luciel flinched as Gish touched him before accepting being helped to his feet with a small 'szank you'. The backstory behind this William individual seemed harmlessly standard. Strange as it was for people to simply wake up in a cave without knowing why or how, the chimera was at least glad that the boy didn't [i]seem[/i] dangerous...or at least not nearly as dangerous as Victor, who had followed them. With Victor there, as dark as the vibes he radiated with were, Luciel eased himself down from his aggressive stance. "William..." he softly chirped in a greeting tone and a nod of his head, squeezing water from his cloak with a free hand. The idea of allying with yet another human still bothered them, regardless of their stature, but it was only polite to follow along with formalities. "Ehn I am Luciel" he offered, shooting an annoyed look at Victor for teasing them about tripping over William. To be fair, he had tripped over Gish, but it didn't matter that much since Luciel imagined giving Victor an inch would only lead to further teasing. "Vee should not linger, zehr iz a foulness to zeis place" Luciel mused to no one in particular, having not lost sight of the reason for this chance meeting. William's motion of inspecting his clothes reminded the chimera of his own hood which he pulled over his head as well. It was oddly comical in Luciel's mind how William assured them he was not a monster as there were many sharp words they could sling to discredit the claim, but now wasn't the time to be slinging racist remarks. Instead, he distracted himself with topping off a waterskin in the pond since it didn't seem to have any poisonous affect on the newcomer. Again his thoughts turned to the cottage, wondering if there were locks on any of the doors for the sake of keeping the strange scarecrows and whatever they had just seen safely separated from the group while they collected themselves. A cave, it may be, but the feeling of being outside and exposed to light was beginning to wear on Luciel's nerves in a slightly agoraphobic sense.