They glance at Gyre when he remains quiet for a longer while, and when he takes the worse way out, their tail curls underneath the water, out of sight for the both of them, and they hold back a sigh. They expected this, but they'll try to offer some comfort. After helping distract him for a while.

"Nnnnooo, not like that... the one I uh, found was... inside a floating crystal obelisk? There were plenty of them floating around, I think there was a kid inside all of them but. The one I found, it, spoke to me, I guess? Asking if I was looking for them and then telling me I'd found them. And aske if I... if I was a hero." The last part is harder to utter out, because they're everything but a hero. Or, at least they feel that way. But they don't let it show, but luckily they look tired enough to not obviously be bothered by that.

"It was, something."