[ he trots right over and settles down, hands settling in his lap - the first part gets a soft huff. ] Mm... I guess it's the same on both sides, for that.

[ things are great, until they aren't! thursdays, man! having just turned up dead he can unfortunately empathize. and as aventurine continues, he looks mildly horrified, though not surprised, and shakes his head. ]

And... That's - awful, that you had to go on one of those trips, and then - what happened? Was it a monster...? [ was it fire fleas ]