[ iris meets finn's eyes and the corner of his mouth quirks up. it's meant to be a reassuring smile, to soothe the worries he sees beginning to line the underside of the other boy's eyes. unfortunately the smile doesn't quite reach his eyes, but only because he's inwardly wincing too.

he can't help but hear lilium's voice right now, calling him out for the spoiled little kid he could be at times. ]

It was... a little different for me.

[ the tower may not have actually been made of ivory, but boy does it feel that way now that he's out of it. was life easy in there? no, not really. but in any ways it was better than being hunted. ]

I was never very good at doing what I was supposed to do, anyway.

[ for now, he thinks he can just leave it at that. ]

So, um. If there weren't any humans where you're from, what was there?