Faris has had relatively limited exposure to human behavior, only a few isolated individuals, but there does seem to be something odd about the way this human behaves. Perhaps he is ill. Sickness of the body, perhaps, or of the mind.

The K'da's scales are slowly brightening again, the longer the stranger stays at bay. Not quite as vivid as before, still leeched through with black, but the red edges becoming more visible on his hide. "Then do not do so with me."