Whatever compelled him to do what he was doing, he had no idea, but he found himself knocking the apple tree's trunk, causing apples to fall for Zahariah as well as himself as he took one and nibbled at it, standing on the other side of the tree so that Zahariah didn't see him eating one of the apples. It was the only thing he could tolerate to eat... and as for meat, it was nowhere in sight, for the moment.
He also chose to ignore Zahariah's words, though he did reply to one statement, "This one hath no objection to the name thy hath giveth to this one, though thou didst surprise this one when thou called this one that." He wondered if he would ever learn to speak in modern tongue, and decided that one day he would, when he was forced to learn it so that others could understand him. He needed to adapt to his environment anyway.
He also chose to ignore Zahariah's words, though he did reply to one statement, "This one hath no objection to the name thy hath giveth to this one, though thou didst surprise this one when thou called this one that." He wondered if he would ever learn to speak in modern tongue, and decided that one day he would, when he was forced to learn it so that others could understand him. He needed to adapt to his environment anyway.
