Make a Joyful Noise

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Le Cyll's ears twitched at the sound of Kendryek offering him the mushrooms. Of course he would want samples..! They did look strange indeed, and as knowledgeable as he was with botany - he had grown up in the forest, after all - he was much more interested in its effects on the bodies of creatures.

Botany was nice, as all pure, clean sciences were, but experimentation was more so addictive. Come to think of it, he could not count the endless hours he'd pent huddled over the lab equipment since he had first come here. Testing things, just to see what they would do. Just to take a peek at the microscopic structure of the material.

Le Cyll had always had a strange fascination with processes. Clocks, cars, machines, plants, poisons, paints, detergents... all of these things has some form of interacting with their environment, whether it be chemical or mechanical. He would take things apart and build them back up, or add various ingredients to an acid or base to see how it reacted. These workings fascinated him. It was no wonder he had become a physician, devoted to the inner workings of the various mythical bodies.

No... it wasn't a wonder. It was a convenient career choice for him. He liked seeing how people worked too, and that was the eventual path his many tinkerings ended at. It would first start out with the gears of a watch, and eventually it would end with some fun little gear-propelled machine that tore limbs off of people. It was all inner workings, and it all worked out just as it should.

Exactly as it should. Always. So reliable.

Le Cyll, for the first time since meeting Kendryek, shifted into his human form and took the bags with a polite half-bow, half-nod.

"Thank you."

Then, remembering himself, he added a bit more to the conversation.

"It would be interesting to know if they are separate in their use, or similar, wouldn't it?"

Then, hearing Kenryek's mention of something else to do, Le Cyll took a proverbial step back.

Literally speaking, it would be the equivalent of him loathing the idea of more social contact. The wolf smiled kindly, not out of spite but more with a reluctant motive so carefully shielded behind the perfectly played grin.

"Oh I think I'm done for today... I intended on a bit of afternoon sport, and ended up almost being eaten. I think I'll go back to the castle and bury myself in my studies, if you don't mind the solitude."

It sounded very hesitant as to his position in leaving the dragon here, but in all reality there was no option in the matter. Le Cyll was leaving, whether it be by small gesture of good-bye or another sort of verbal manipulation. He was thankful for the extended living period, but he considered there to be no debt payed back by verbal contact.

That was just barbaric a thought.

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Kendryek nodded as Le Cyll declined his offer. Well, of course the kludde wouldn't come. He hadn't been in the middle of the woods alone because he wanted some social time! Kendryek understood such things. He wasn't always one for company either. For crying out loud, most of his time was spent alone working on some self-inflicted project or reading a book... or books, it simply depended.

Nodding, he smiled slightly, in an understanding sort of way. "In my opinion, solitude should be savored while it lasts. Verbal communication and blabbering idiots are both unpleasant and both have to do with the company of others. That being said, I will take my leave..."

He had been speaking quite fast and that was due to the tone he wished to convey. Not hurried, but more of a matter of fact. Fact shouldn't be drawn out. It was simple fact and if it was drawn out it might not come across that way. It might even be stretched into falsehood. He wasn't quite sure how that could happen, but he was sure that it could. Many seemingly impossible things were very possible. People had just never taken the time to test their theories and never dreamed big enough! They were caught up in their own little world, never testing the boundaries put up and never ever daring to step out of their comfort zone. Such pitiful beings... though, the dragon himself had practically dedicated his life the helping the idiots that could be taught. He had even taken on some that seemed impossible to teach. Those few times had actually ended in quite good success. It was amazing what one could learn if only they tried it.

That was kind of the philosophy by which Kendryek taught others. It was too bad he was such a hypocrite. In his younger days he had tried almost anything and everything, deciding for himself what was wrong and right. Now, though, his opinion could rarely be swayed. He kept an open mind in subjects that he wasn't too knowledgeable in, but once he was convinced he was convinced. It would take an extremely cunning mind to convince him of something different than what he knew to be true.

Nodding slightly at the wolf, he said, "Oh, and, one more thing. If its not too much trouble, tell me how your experiments go. I'm a little too busy to conduct everything myself, and frankly I don't think I'm as good at science as I used to be." With that, he turned and began to walk off. It would be much better to let Le Cyll do the research. He was young and full of ideas. Besides, he wouldn't have taken the mushrooms if he wasn't curious, and a curious scientist never let go of an opportunity.