[color=#a7d3d4]"I'm sure she will."[/color] Aurel responded to her, before following her gaze out the window. Now that they had engaged in conversation, things felt a little less awkward between them, and it seemed it had helped Illyana relax a little, which he was glad for. 

As she spoke up again, Aurel looked at her again, and shook his head. [color=#a7d3d4]"I knew they could be found in many places, but not every continent. Lucien bought me a book about them a while ago, but it was a little general."[/color] He told her.

[color=#a7d3d4]"You seem to know a lot about snakes, is it the same for other animals? Do you have a favorite one? Mine are snakes, obviously."[/color] He said with a small chuckle. 

The girl then went on to describe about ten different animals before she had realized that the list didn't seem to be any closer to finishing. 

[color=598527]"I guess I don't have a favorite because I like all of them."[/color] Illyana had said, leading Aurel to let out a small laugh. For some reason that did not surprise him.

They fell into a bit more of conversation after that, which mostly consisted of Illyana giving him more random bouts of knowledge. It seemed she had dedicated a lot of time to reading.. considering how much she knew despite being so young. The two of them had spent their time like this, until they had reached another stop. They used that time to talk to the yellow python, who had been more than pleased with the name they had come up with for her. Seeing that Illyana was more comfortable with her, Aurel had decided to bring her into the bus so the girl could spend more time with her.

With these distractions available, time had seemed to fly, and before they knew it, they began to near the girl's home. She had made her way to the front to begin to guide Lucien and Faolan there. 

Lucien had picked up a bit of the conversation between Aurel and Illyana, but it there hadn't been much he could hear that revealed too much more about the girl, aside from her likeness of animals. Still, he was glad that she had opened up a little more after talking with him. 

Faolan followed Illyana's directions. Occasionally Lucien glanced back at the girl, who seemed a little nervous, but he didn't make any comment on it. For now all he could do was observe until they arrived at their destination.