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The boy perked, looking at her uncertainly. What was that? He tilted his head, "R-really? Y-you want to d-d-dig?" That was bizarre.. He had never met another child who would choose that over other assorted games.. A smile broke out across his face, ridding him of his temporarily baffled expression. "O-okay!"

He glanced down at the dirt, and then nodded, "Y-yeah.." He looked to her hands uncertainly. Oh yeah, he was a little bit different. He forgot normal people had hands sometimes. He shook it off and scooted back a bit, using his claws to scoop up a good clawful of dirt and dump it to the side. "W-what do y-you wanna d-dig for? W-we could m-make a f-f-fort.. Or... J-just a h-hole.. Or a-anything, really."

"I-it's a sp-special place to h-hang out in, a sp-special s-secret place." The boy nodded, smiling pleasantly. He liked hidden places, they always made him feel safe. Especially the dark ones he made underground, with the damp smell of earth around him and the coolness falling over his tough skin. It was always nice down there, and nothing scary could ever come to find him. None of the mean guys would find him, either, and would leave the monster-like male alone for awhile.

He started at the bit of sound, turning his eyes curiously towards the smaller child. "O-oh..." He looked down. There were. He hadn't noticed, his body was built for digging through rocks and tough desert-like dirt. "There are.." He took on a look of thought momentarily before rising to his feet and extending a claw for her to hold if she so desired. "L-let's find a p-place with l-less rocks, o-okay?" He seemed delighted with his solution.

No matter how old he got, there always lingered that hunk of innocence in the scorpion lad's heart.

The boy's smile grew shy at the compliment, and he ducked his head down slightly, "A-aw, th-thank y-you..." He wasn't sure what else to say. He wasn't quite used to people telling him good things about himself, that was for sure. Although, most of the other D-Corp kids were pretty nice to him and he liked that... The other kids, however, seemed to dislike him greatly. He was too much of a weirdo.. Well, according to them.

He left his claw open, a precaution so that he didn't end up hurting the fragile-feeling hand grasping onto it. It seemed so tiny, like he could just crush it. He had to be extra-extra careful.

"O-Of c-course!" Came his response to her question, and he took his free claw to pet over her hair in a friendly manner. He was a friendly sort of guy, contrary to popular belief. Shy? No. Nervous? Yes. People often got them mixed up.

He stopped on a smoother-seeming patch of dirt, and gave a light stop of his foot just for dramatics. "W-we sh-shall dig h-here!" He tossed her a smile and got back down on his knees. "I-if th-thats okay, I-I mean."