Liu's form folded into the carriage lithely. With his feet planted on the ground his knees were above his waist by a couple inches, such was his height. Carriage travel was weirdly uncomfortable as a skeleton. Vehicles are designed to carry skeletons -- wrapped in protein and filled with water. A skeleton on its own weighs risibly little in comparison and that difference manifests in his head bouncing hollowly off the carriage roof once due to what must have been a merely noticeable bump to the rest of of the group. Shortly afterward a shallow dip on his side of the carriage sent his body clattering against the wall. He 'cleared his throat' and braced his form against the roof and the door for the remainder of the ride.


To say the least his company was trustworthy back home. A powerful group capable of a great deal, whom he respected and trusted... where possible. Esther posed an innocent question on the surface but Liu, holding back a laugh, remembered a time when he would have volunteered the information. He was thankful for his uncovered bone form, for his poker face was implicit. To her question, he responded apologetically, [color=662d91]"discretion, madame, will not allow me to say. I am afraid that in this type of world, that sort of information can deliver one's life into the hands of another in a moment. You understand, as a Fey, what a name can do, for example. You hear my name only because I am bound to another already."[/color]

[color=662d91]"I apologize if this discretion has been misconstrued as apathy by the... [i]honorable[/i] second son, the auspicious great dragon Griselda, the professor, our newcomer, or you. I will volunteer that you should speak as though an enemy is in the room unless you are certain of the contrary,"[/color] he concluded eventually, spealking precisely and gently, though his voice was not quiet. He tried to say it isotropically but the more perceptible of the group could likely guess who among them he thought to be his greatest threat.

He did indeed step out promptly and allow the others to follow. His 'eyes' scanned around looking for immediate danger but found his focus drawn to the 'breath' surging to and fro. Tredipation began crawling up his neck. How intense.