As Viltez talks, Autharyx let's himself picture it. It certainly sounded like the other wanted him to stay here. Not only would be have a place to stay, he would also have a person that was interested in his stories about his shrine, and he would have a marvellous puzzle to figure out in the form of this tail and what Viltez could do with it. It sounded like a pretty sweet deal to him, he thought as he carefully ran his fingers over the top of the tail. 

Immediately, it tightened around his arm and Viltez snapped his head around faster than he could move his hand away. Autharyx froze, a guilty expression on his face as his hand still hovered in the air over his arm. 

"Er. .." he started, "I didn't mean to hurt you. It's just. ... It was right there, " he explained weakly. Thankfully Viltez did not sound particularly angry, or pained. When he asked him what he did, a small frown creased his brow.

"You mean you didn't feel what I did?" He asked, curiosity coming back when it seemed he wasn't going to be in trouble over this. 

"I, er, I guess I pet it? " He slowly brought his hand down to show Viltez, fingers threading through the soft fur as he ran his hand over the curve of the tail again. 

"Like so. .."