""Hiya! You know him?"

"Uh..."

"Are you the friend he mentioned?"

"Ah..."

 "Who are you? Probably not the fairy, but you have to be someone, right?"

"Nar..." Veitaru found herself quite tongue-tied by the time Ekra finished, which, while short in duration was packed with questions.

As Veitaru blankly stared for a moment at Ekra, she seemed about to compose herself and respond, Veitaru was hit in the face by a falling rock. The one she herself had thrown a little too hard and off course when surprised by Ekra's approach.

It was a small rock, so Veitaru's reaction was simply to go.. "OW."

And then..

"The Hell're you?" Veitaru averted her eyes and hid herself behind a hand that she applied perhaps to rub the spot she had just hit herself in. She also took the opportunity to not so surreptitiously tug her hood down so it'd cover more of her. She didn't like the keen gaze of whatever the hell this was.

"Ack, wait, no! Don't answer. You'll do that thing again." Her eyes widened as she realized she had just asked Ekra to start talking again.