"Yeah, but it's still a uniform. I kind of prefer wearing my own clothes, you know? Still..." He plucked a feather out of his shirt and grinned slyly. "At least it doesn't have a fan of tailfeather's coming out of the rear, huh?"

It was easy to hide behind the teasing quips and cool attitude when things were uncertain. And boy were they uncertain, here and at home. He wasn't sure if he was grateful yet for the reprieve or not; they had things to do, a world to save. But if anything was certain, it was that being near the Luminary was where he was supposed to be. So... gotta have faith, he guessed.

"But how long have you been here? I just arrived and you've already taken classes? Talk about an overachiever."