Open Finished Shooting Stars

Gryphon found himself giggling again as Leora whizzed around. Her excitement (or at least, hunger to explore) was undeniably adorable. "It does look that way, huh?" He said, smiling. Gryph grimaced as some of his ornaments and such fell to the ground, but he didn't mind, walking over as well to retrieve one of the fallen items, "I'm a klutz, I don't think there's too much in here that could be broken. Except maybe the crockery."

After he said this, Gryphon's mind paused in thought as he automatically replaced the thingy he was holding. "...that just made me wonder, what do you eat?" He paused again, turning to look (up) at Lux, "Do you eat?" How would Gryph know?

It was only then that about a million things he hadn't considered before came to mind. Where was Lux from? Why did he glow? Did he need sleep, or did he get energy in some other way? Did he have any special kind of needs? Gryphon was boggled for a moment, his mind racing as he wondered about all these things.

((Here's a little idea of what his place looks like :P))

"Oh." That was all Gryph could muster at first. He blinked a bit before breathing out a laugh. "It's just that... well, you learn new things every day." That second part was muttered to himself. Of course he was going to be a little thrown off by the lack of living processes. It wasn't like humans were taught about other species and aliens and such, considering that the rest of the world wasn't in the know.

The backstory took a second to settle too. Gryphon went to fill his kettle to get some tea as they spoke - he would have offered some to Lux but... obvious reasons. He smiled, still in slight shock from all the events and letting them catch up with him, "Wow, uh... I'm going to sound so simple in comparison." He left the kettle to heat up and turned back to Lux, "I'm... human. I live here. I am twenty-three and I have wings." Said wings shuffled behind him as he spoke, "I didn't always live on this island, but then again, I didn't always have wings." He hesitated again before continuing, "Most humans look like me, but without the wings. And most humans are on the rest of the planet. These are the Manta Carlos islands, though, and here... it's like, um, uh... a--a melting pot of species. There's a few humans, but there's also aliens, like... like, uh, you, and other creatures, you know... elves, witches, fairies, magic..." He made a face, "It's a lot."

Gryph let out an awkward huff of a laugh, "Sorry if that's a bit much to take in."

Gryphon told himself to calm down, taking in a deep breath and letting it out again. He knew he was winding himself up too much, which was why he had rambled in the first place - he was overwhelmed. He would be fine, he was just being a bit delicate. He smiled, "Nothing wrong with being new, though." He said as a means of comfort for Lux, if it would be comforting at all.

Shortly after, the kettle boiled, so Gryphon retrieved a mug and a herbal teabag, placing the latter inside the former before pouring in some of the boiled water. He stirred it around a bit with a teaspoon before putting the spoon down and just dunking the bag by its string to get it to stew well. As he did this, he looked at Lux again, eyes slightly wide, "Uh... do you want some?" He wasn't exactly sure if Lux would be interested in tea after coming to such a different landscape, but it was better to offer it.

At Lux's agreement, Gryph retrieved another cup and another teabag of the same flavour as his own, following the same routine he had with his own drink before handing it over, offering it handle first. "Careful, it's hot." He warned, picking up his own tea and taking a sip.

"Oh." Something else Lux didn't know about. They literally were worlds apart when it came to most things on Earth. "It's tea. A hot drink." He sipped his own again and decided it needed a little honey, which he added now. It was a good thing he had put his mug down, as he turned to say something else to Lux and saw the glowing cat. He looked between Lux and Leora's form with wide, concerned eyes, "U-u-uh..." He stuttered, edging back against the cabinet he was in front of, sticking to it solidly. "Why is she a c-cat?" He said, voice wavering slightly. It was an instinct he hated. He had tried to get over his fear of cats before but it simply wouldn't go away. Gryphon took a deep breath and turned to his mug of tea again swiftly, stirring it a little and taking another shaky sip. "...I'm scared of cats." He admitted, facing the wall, fingers nervously tapping on the side of his mug, not giving a reason why.