"Me too," Kio said as he somehow took the cookie from its wrapping without making a noise. He gave it a delicate sniff, then bit off a corner. Oatmeal cookies... his favourite to be sure. Kio wondered if it was because of the bird in him. It seemed to follow that since a bird would like grains, he would enjoy them as well. Not to mention the fact that they were delicious.
Ah, he meant the searching sound he\'d used. That was why it hadn\'t connected... The noises sent in and out again faded within a minute or so. The same with most of the attack sounds he used. It was very convenient, really, and made it all the harder for people to figure out what had happened. Being unseen, silent, still... They were good things. "You meant the finding," Kio said, giving the ground before him a small, sheepish smile. "Yes; I like it because it fades so quickly," the white haired boy said softly, feeling a mite silly for not having known what the drow had been referring to. But, again... Fail now, in training, so that one could succeed later.
Kio caught the look in the drow\'s eye - the one that wondered whether the cookie was going to be horrid or delicious - and chuckled silently. "Well, I like them at least. If you like grains..." the white haired boy said, letting the sentence hang loose with but a small shrug to finish it. Kio took another small bite of his cookie, listening as the first-year student went on.
It amused Kio, a little bit - not what the drow was saying, but the fact that he was telling him that he was being too noisy to survive in the Underdark. Telling being the operative word there. "I know. I\'m still learning. But had we been in the Underdark all this while, acting as we had, we both would be. If footsteps draw them, I\'m sure voices do as well," Kio said softly, with a little bit of a smile. "Fortunately for us, we haven\'t been, though I\'m sure you could well traverse that landscape well if you needed to," the white haired boy added, the last part not at all facetious. He simply hadn\'t wanted the older student to think him insulting his abilities in any way. Kio really was sure he\'d be fine there. That was the home of the drow, and the 1st-level student before him was sure to be more than capable of navigating the dangerous area.
That said, Kio grabbed another cookie or two and pocketed them to share later. He would be sleeping soon enough, yes, but he wanted to greet the flock of ravens above the West Tower before he did. Maybe go for a morning fly with them. It was good exercise, and it would surely prepare him well for bed.