Fuyuto was thankful for the food and for being carried. "Thanks" he replied as they started to carry him, with the jerky in his mouth. It was good that Xenon wasn't far away, he didn't wish to trouble the two too much, but is glad to make their acquaintance. Suddenly, Mal asked him a question. Fuu? he thought to himself. It was the first time anyone referred to him in that way. As Mal chuckled in his jest of suggestion of why Fuyuto ran headfirst into a tree, he chuckled a little too. Well, this is going to be embarrassing, he thought to himself.
"Well ... you see ...." he trailed his words.
"I was going to hunt some monsters, when I caught sight of your pretty protege, Rena. I wasn't sure if I was imagining what I saw or if there was an actual person. So, curious to confirm what I saw, who she was and what she was doing here, I went to approach her slowly. It would be bad if I were to scare her and get shot by that crossbow. Anyway, suddenly, I tripped, and despite only going at a walking pace, crashed head first into the tree so hard that it cracked it." Fuyuto laughed, trying to hide his embarrassment and brush off the incident.
"So, what do you two do? And what were you doing out in the forest today?" he asked, as they reached the gates of Xenon.