His eyebrows raise at her flustering, though he smiles. Generally, when people miss his jokes, it’s because they assume he’s too serious a person to make them. In Lioriley’s case, it seems that she’s the serious one. Or rather, not so much serious as straightforward. He hasn’t known her long, but he thinks that word suits her better. Straightforward.

Whereas Rezo is all twists and turns and crooked pathways.

Taking pity on her, he changes the subject as soon as they start strolling off. “The trees we’re looking for are supposed to lack branches near the bottom, correct?” That, at least, is something he can search for.