He continued to eye her warily between nervous glances over the crowd. He didn't ask the question he wanted to ask, though it danced on his tongue in an aftertaste of plums and ash. [i]Akuma.[/i] He even thought the name with a heavy weight of dread in in abdomen. As she made a joke about being hungry, he grunted at her in response. 
"That, or you're just looking for h-him." He almost said her. A projection, as he looked from face to face looking for that that face. He was glad when she jet off to order food for them, and he asked for the same that she'd ordered and went to join her at their table, turning the skewer in his hand to inspect it. It smelled far better than the fish in Ziad, at least. 

He pulled his keffieh down and opened his mouth to grip a chunk of meat, revealing his teeth. While Envy's were all pointed like fangs, and Ysaryn had a canine-like smile, Ruli's teeth appeared normal until he exposed his molars. The outer edges were ever so slightly longer and sharper, and they curved back slightly, in a way that violently suggested that if he bit down, he wasn't letting go. Chewing, he made a face, but shrugged. "Texture is strange, but the taste is, well. Grease. It tastes like grease." He commented, moving on to the fish, which, in his opinion, was much better. 

As Kire burnt her tongue, he glanced at her, expression nearly lightening in amusement as he let his cool a minute more. "Idealy," Ruli said absently. "I think a lake would be ideal. Or river, so we could set up turbines." He stared outward into the crowd, thinking. "The issue is, while we're trying to find a home for Envy and those who resided with him, the rest of Ziad is looking for a home, too, and I doubt they'd easily coexist. Plus we have the throne-less princess among them, who is no doubt expecting her desert kingdom back." He curled his lip at the mere thought of her as he took another bite of his skewer. "You've had to have been all over hunting this mage, anywhere you travel been close enough to that that we could get to? I'm sure Envy's asked already, but wouldn't hurt." He glanced around again. "I'm supposed to ask sailors, but its not an easy topic to approach."