The movement gets Micolash to dart back several steps in a shocking display of speed for someone who looks so awkward and sleepy AND has untied shoes besides.

"And who is K'da?" He manages the inquiry only when he feels he's a safe distance once more. Despite how odd and potentially dangerous (at least as much as Micolash assumes) this encounter is, the scholar cannot bypass such a curious discovery, such a strange anomaly. "A Great One? A covenant?"