"Yeah well, it just sort of started because he needed a vantage point and just...sorta hopped up." They shrug, more with one shoulder than the other so as not to jostle Barcus too much. "I got used to it, plus he's a nice guy so I didn't mind letting him use me as a perch from time to time."

Never mind that until recently Orym was one of the few people to initiate any sort of touch with Ashton. Most people didn't manage to get that close to the barbarian, his walls were pretty high before he met with the others.

"Don't worry, I'm used to the teasing. If you can't tease your friends who can you, right?" They laugh, grinning with a quick glance up. "When I get riled up it's usually just a lot of sparks and...well whatever all that wants to do. And yelling. Some punching...usually of walls or enemies. Depends on how bad it is."