Elves are standard-issue where he comes from, although their situation is...different, to say the least. He smiles at her and gives a small, sheepish wave of his hand as if to dismiss the thanks. "It's nothing, really. I feel as though Visitors need to rely on one another as much as we can, especially for information. You'll find a dearth of it in the oddest places, the longer you ask around."
"Pay the favor forward later, if you like."
"Most of us arrived with the clothes on our backs and little else. No shame in that. I'd lend you a weapon, but all I have on me is my slingshot and I need it. I make these to share." He withdraws a pair of thin cylinders from his bag. They look as though they're mostly metal, dark like tarnished iron, with a thin ring about two inches from the end of each.
"They're meant to work underwater. Twist the short end and pull it free, and you'll have light for about twenty minutes apiece. If you're lucky you won't need them at all, and if that's the case you can pass them back to me and I'll see to it someone else can use them."
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"Pay the favor forward later, if you like."
"Most of us arrived with the clothes on our backs and little else. No shame in that. I'd lend you a weapon, but all I have on me is my slingshot and I need it. I make these to share." He withdraws a pair of thin cylinders from his bag. They look as though they're mostly metal, dark like tarnished iron, with a thin ring about two inches from the end of each.
"They're meant to work underwater. Twist the short end and pull it free, and you'll have light for about twenty minutes apiece. If you're lucky you won't need them at all, and if that's the case you can pass them back to me and I'll see to it someone else can use them."