"I don't know the word Skald?" Ziggy was ok not knowing words. He picked up human languages rather quickly but was nowhere near knowing all of them or the more obsolete or colloquial words. "I'm a singer and songwriter."

The question brings his eyes down to the shirt and a bright smile when he looks back. "The Fenghuang or Hou-ou; it's the unity of the male and female and the cosmos."

The bird had personal meaning for him that he wasn't about to go into with a stranger but he has an obvious fondness for the symbol, symbolism in general. With the stream of questions he figured it best to give more information. Many of his fans were younger so he's very used to questions about how he lives and dresses. Here in the Nexus though, he feels safer to talk about things he couldn't on his own Earth.

"The circle?" He reflexively reaches up and touches it before speaking. He knew his mother's people had been to Earth, given humans their first languages but it wasn't until he arrived and saw the similarities that the concept sank in completely. "It's like Ensō in human culture. It's part of my beliefs that symbolizes enlightenment, grace, strength, simplicity, elegance and the completeness of the universe."