The puffs of flame are a new twist, but he's quietly delighted, and the wadjet serpent may have heard a few inane murmurs as he followed it ('oh, you're so pretty! so bright! I wish I could touch you--but I won't, it's okay...').

He sways where he sits as the huge rainbow serpent approaches, clearly in shock, but the expression on his face is pure joy. Evidently, this is not a bad kind of shock? At least not entirely. "Are you real? Are you E'tha?" He asks the rainbow snake, eyes wide.

In point of fact, his world's snake deities are depicted with leathery wings, not feathers, but the mental connection is impossible to dismiss.

"I-i...I'm not sure why I said that," he answers the larger snake. "I guess...it kind of makes sense, though. I've been trying to learn about the people here. Whoever will talk to me. For my planet's sake."