[h2][color=ed1c24]Alphonse Croix[/color][/h2][sub][@Serei2477][@Ambra][@Vertigo][/sub][hr][color=ed1c24]"Good enough,"[/color] Alphonse supposed with a slight shrug and smile before he turned his attention towards the flowers. Unfortunately his studies hadn't covered botany, so he couldn't pick out their genus, but Ruga certainly seemed to enjoy the treat enough. Turning his arm around slowly to allow the wyvern to scamper round it after he had drank his fill, Alphonse glanced over his shoulder as the shadow of another student made his presence known. 

Now while he might not have been that familiar with the flowers, Alphonse did try to keep an ear out on the grape vine and rumor mills. Raising his eyebrow just a smidge at the Sylmare heir's enthusiasm, he glanced between the two before he had to pinch Ruga's frill to keep him from taking the offered flower for himself! It wouldn't do to give the heir such an easy out after such a smooth turnabout from Lapis after all. [color=ed1c24]"Quite curious myself. Do you just eat it whole, petals and all?"[/color] 

Chuckling a bit at the little stand off, Alphonse had stood and was in the middle of dusting off his coat when the sudden presence of their House Leader demanded his attention. A few blinks of surprise denied her any sort of immediate response, and offered her the time to collect herself. Tilting his head a smidge at the harsher tone that followed, he supposed it wouldn't do to open herself up to even more ribbing from their peers. Then again, the sharp contrast itself left plenty of gaps to exploit in its own way, so how successful was she really?

[color=ed1c24]"Mmm, most of their current generation seems to prefer hunting rather than raising,"[/color] he replied after a polite enough bow to keep her attendant from crucifying him for exposing a moment of vulnerability for his charge. Tapping Ruga's head a few times as a message to behave, he offered his upturned palm as a perch for the wyvern and held him out for the princess to hold if she wished. 

[color=ed1c24]"He is. Just shy of two month's old, and we think he might be a variant of the Feylymn. Hard to say when he's still this young though. Ruga's certainly smart and mischievous enough to match."[/color]