For a while, Cyrus sat and quietly ate, nibbling on the sliced pear. He had intentionally tried to save most of the salted pork for their trip, since it would not spoil nearly as quickly as the fruit. He looked across at Kiria with some concern since she didn't seem to be wanting to eat at the moment; given what they had just survived he did not blame her for not really being in a mood to eat. He bit onto a piece of apple, letting the slice hang just outside his lips while he pulled a fountain pen and a leather-bound book from his pockets. He used one hand every so often to retrieve a piece of food, but spent the majority of his time also writing an entry into the blank pages of the notebook, documenting the day's events.

Between pages of writing Cyrus demonstrated an unusual talent with his penmanship in another way, he started to sketch an illustration of the black ghouls that had attacked them during the day, and after it were sketches of Kiara and Xia. At that moment, though, Xia wanted to show gratitude towards them for helping, though really Cyrus felt it was more often the case that Xia had been helping him. She returned with gold and an axe, passing the axe and a rather large portion of gold Cyrus's way. He was going to protest, but picking up the solid, heavy axe, he realized how much he was going to need a [i]real[/i] weapon, as opposed to his wooden broom handle. He slipped the axe through his belt, quietly promising to himself he'd return whatever gold he didn't use to Xia once they were to part ways. Cyrus looked back up to Xia from over the pages of his book, "Thanks, but I should be thanking you."

Xia soon after asked if they were ready to go, but Cyrus had a thought, "Wait, one more thing."

Cyrus closed his book shut and put it away, disappearing into the kitchen one last time. He returned with a bundle containing some extra food for the three of them, in addition to a couple kitchen knives and a sharpening stone wrapped neatly in folds of washcloths, "I don't know how long we'll be out, but I was taught always to be prepared."