[That gets a small laugh.]

[It reminds him of home. Real home, and important people.]

Sorry, yoi. I'd start keeping some more bottles on me, but Thatch would finish them off before I could even get myself to tell him "no."

[Existential angst and fury at Ardeo for being in a cave for a claustrophobic birdie, is something Marco can empathize with. Not that he'll ever admit it though.]

There's some fruit, yoi. It's not a lot, but it'll last for awhile.

[Also Marco still hasn't introduced himself.... and won't.]

[He's a jackass.]