It wasn't that he wouldn't converse, he had just spent far too long with minimal company. "You need not worry about your shoulder, I do not tire easily Miss Aerith."

It still surprised him to see a young lady so lively and full of life as Tietra was. He began to dive deep back inside himself, when he heard his companion squee like a lass at the wild chocobos. As she veered towards the herd, he called out to her, "'Tis with much haste that I must warn you to remain afar from those noble creatures."