[ He looks slightly perplexed, one eyebrow quirking up before his whole expression settles to something almost ... amused, definitely friendly, a smile crossing his mouth. ] Well, that's the most enthusiastic response we've gotten so far. I'd begun to think I'd found myself in the land of the Cynics.

[ Because he would perish and die if that were the case, but Charles rocks back on his heels and tilts his head. ] What way should we be going?