Pausing mid-step to listen, Adam was about to nod in understanding, when instead he winced at the sudden shriek. [color=f7941d]“God damn woman!”[/color] he cursed, slowly opening his eyes with a grimace as he felt for Marcus who’d been even closer to the fox girl. A quick scan revealed a lithe figure some distance away; snow white hair, sharp but fair facial features, and, perhaps most telling, a pair of pointed ears. [color=f7941d]“Great… an elf.”[/color] Glad to see that he wasn’t off the mark with the thought that he was officially in fantasy land. Reluctant to simply march away in search of others when there was someone so obviously distraught close by, Adam ran a hand through his hair and turned about to return.

By the time he was next to Marcus, the girl seemed to have regained most of her composure and moved close enough that casual conversation without raising their voice would be possible. [color=f7941d]“Mah…”[/color] It was pretty damn clear the girl had some confidence issues if her posture was any indication, but Adam could hardly find it in himself to blame her. Between the craziness of the situation and her more drastic shift in appearance, it would have been odd to see everyone take it well. Then again he was never too good at reassuring others, so maybe Marcus would be better at helping her out of the slump she was in. Still, it couldn’t hurt to try and be a bit friendlier than usual given the shit all of them had been put through.

[color=f7941d]“So you can speak without blowing out our eardrums,”[/color] he joked with a slight smile, hoping the girl would feel more at ease. With how out of it she seemed, it would probably be safest for him to clarify before she took it personally. [color=f7941d]“It was just a joke by the way, call me Adam.”[/color] Still… he had heard English when her lips certainly hadn’t moved that way didn’t go unnoticed, and with her Eastern Asian appearance it was quite possible that she had spoke some foreign language instead. [color=f7941d][i]‘Translation magic?’[/i][/color] Certainly not unheard of in this type of setting, and definitely a point towards the existence of magic.

Wandering off immediately after that didn’t seem to be the best idea, so with a sigh he took a few deep breaths. It wasn’t exactly often that he used his “drill” voice, gods it’d probably been a few months now; didn’t just lose it without use either though. [color=f7941d]“Might want to plug your ears a bit for this,”[/color] he warned the two before taking another deep breath and barking out, [color=f7941d][b]“Rise and shine! Everybody get over here!”[/b][/color] Too bad there weren’t any nearby mountains, Adam would have loved to hear if he’d been loud enough to get an echo. Instead though, he focused on scanning the surroundings for any others that hadn’t yet poked their heads above the sea of grass.

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