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Li gave a bit of a sighing sound to himself, one hand fiddling with the dancer's ribbon he had draped over his shoulders. As his friends weren't at the inn at the moment he'd opted to go along with Gyuri to a nearby town, that of Dernd, so that they could get all the latest news about what was going on in the world. They had what Makani had told them about but his mother wasn't one to just wait around for something to happen and instead was trying to find any sorts of tidbits possible. She was running an inn after all and she wanted to make sure those that stayed at the inner were kept safe.

At the moment he couldn't say that he liked what he'd heard, finding it all to be a bit on the bleak side, but that was why they were doing this. No way to keep everyone safe other then going around seeking every last rumor after all. Even so he'd be happy to get back home, not wanting to leave the inn for too long. He was looking forward to the next visit by Uli, Riya, and Lily after all so that he could see how they were doing given everything that was going down at the moment.

Lifting a hand from messing with his scarf he turned his attention to the loatoa draped over his shoulder as well who was looking bored at the moment, "You alright there, Maarit? You look bored. Is it because you're not in the stables chasing morakers?" He asked of her in a teasing manner. The little hunter rather enjoyed chasing the rodents down to make a meal of them and it seemed that taking her away from that so they could go on a little journey to Dernd had her a bit miffed. Reaching into the pouch he wore he got her out a treat, something she sniffed at, taking it lazily, and chewed on it in the same manner. It seemed she was alright with taking it but it was far from what she really wanted.

Li blinked a couple times as a rather brightly and colorful person appeared in front of him. He watched the one with the rather amazing hair color as he asked about Maarit. He lifted a hand to scratch her under the chin before he said, "You can pet her. Just for a little bit though since she's in a mood. I took her away from her favorite sport so she's pouting." He chuckled at the huff that she made.

"She's something called a loatoa. My mother got her for me as a gift when I became a dancer officially instead of just a prentice. The loatoa are excellent little rodent hunters and that's where she wants to be, back home chasing moraker in the stables. Isn't that right, Maarit?"

Li gave the one called Flana a glance before giving the slightest of wince, "Ahh... Maarit she... eats what she chases." He explained. It seemed that Flana was far nicer when ti came to the morakers but Maarit was not. She saw them as snacks, not friends to play tag with after all. Good to warn the redhead in case he considered getting himself a loatoa. Li didn't want him to think they were all cute and fluff when they weren't.

Li's golden eyes seemed to light up with interest as the young man in front of him mentioned his mother being a dancer too, "Is she really? Interesting... does she ever do guest appearances and dances?" He found himself asking, ever eager to help when it came to finding guest starts for the inn.

At the question about Maarit he looked up at her and said, "I think that would be adorable and something I'd love for her to do. Not something she's shown as much interest in as she does hunting. Of course the hunting thing has made my mother a big fan of hers since it means the morakers are kept out of the barn."

"Ahhh, I see. That's a shame. If she were here I'd ask if she wanted to come to our inn to dance. My mother, she's a dancer too, is always too happy when we have guest stars come by. Dancers, musicians, those that use magic in a flashy and creative manner. Anything to bring in more customers." He said with a chuckle. After a moment he thought on what the redhead had said before he asked, "Wait... so you're on your own? Are you being careful? I'm here with an uncle to gather more information on everything going on at the moment myself. My mother is wanting more news on the bug mage threat so here I am."

Was he here for a similar reason? Was he traveling someone else? It made him curious since from what he'd heard that they were supposed to travel in groups these days.

"Hmm? Nips at ribbons, huh?" He lifted the edge of the one that he was wearing over his shoulders before waving in front of Maarit. It seemed to get her attention for a moment, causing her to lift her to watch it. Giving a smile he said, "That could work as a way to get her at least appear to dance. You're a pretty smart guy, huh?"

Li clapped his hands together in a pleased manner when the red head said that he'd let his dancing mother know, that they liked coming up here. Good, good! That meant that there was a chance that the would come to visit and maybe dance. Something that he would love to see happen because it meant that he would have booked an act on his own! Well, partly on his own since he'd still need to talk to his mother about paying the woman after all. Giving a smile and a nod he told him where the inn lay, South of the village of Dernd near to border between Sauti and Tale.

Giving a little smile Li said, "I am glad to hear that you have someone to travel with. I might have just met you and I don't know much about you but I'd still hate for something to happen to you." Giving a humming sound he seemed to realize something before he said, "Ah! Speaking of not knowing much about you I just realized that one of those things I don't know is your name. Think you would consider sharing that with me?"

Lifting a hand he set to scratching Maarit under the chin in a gentle manner before looking over at the red head, "If you come to visit the inn there are a lot of rare beasts that live there. My mother has a snaptrotter and a sprite, my Uncle Makani has a raptrix and a sailscale, while Uncle Gyuri has a capramel. All sorts of beasties to learn about through meeting them." He gave the redhead his best smile and said, "It's an open invitation for you!" The guy seemed nice enough so he deserved an open invitation to visit the inn for reasons other then just the fact that he had a dancer mother.

Li gave a smile, "I'm here with one of my uncles. He's getting some information from a bar that I am not old enough to go into." Which was a bit funny to him. Not the part where he wasn't allowed to go along but that it meant his uncle was doing the investigation on his own. Not as if the man was the most talkative sort. As the red head held out a hand to him, Li reached out to take it, giving his hand a shake, "It's very nice to meet you, Koril. My name is Callistos... though just Li is fine, that is what my friends call me and I feel the two of us are meant to be very good friends."

Releasing his own on Koril's hand he gave a smile and said, "That's great! I look forward to having you visit us." The guy was so up beat that he felt that spending time with him could only be good for one's heart. He was definitely the sort of person that Li wanted to make friends with because he wanted such happy people around him. Their good mood fed his good mood after all.

"Are you and your friend going to be heading out soon then or are you able to chat a bit longer? I don't want to keep you if you're in a hurry." Though if he could keep him until Gyuri got back that would be more then enough for him.

Li gave a bit of a chuckle as Koril seemed to squirm with excitement. It was a cute sight to behold for sure he thought to himself before he said, "It's a lot of fun... though I might end up dragging you along for a dance here and there. Surely as the son of a dancer though you must dance at least a bit yourself, right?" He found himself wondering if Koril would be more like Uli who would dance with him or Lily who would be more likely to trip over her own feet. Either way he was sure that he'd be fun to at least try a dance with at least once.

As Koril announced that he had time after giving a look around Li clapped his hands together, "Awesome! I'm glad to hear that, Koril." It would be a lot better to be able to chat with Koril a while instead of just waiting on Gyuri after all.

His amber eyes dropped for a moment, looking down at the brightly colored creature that was at his feet. Giving a smile he took a knee, holding a hand out to the pretty creature, and said, "Are you trying to get some attention too, cutie?"