[ It feels like he's doing little more than humoring her, like he doesn't believe what she's saying for a moment but doesn't want to be rude. Or maybe Fern is simply reading into it, as it's not like there's much in the way of tone for her to pick up on.

At his second comment, her gaze sweeps up and down him again (all the way up, craning her neck to do so), and she narrows her eyes.

Flatly: ] Or it's the fact that you're covered in armor.

[ It seems like there's something beneath that armor, the husk of something that might have once been human, but even now she doesn't go so far as to rudely ask him what he is.

Before she can say much else, she senses some gazes on them and realizes that there are two people covered from head to toe and wearing strange masks who are eyeing them.

Hmm. ]

... Regardless of what caused this, it seems we'll have to deal with the consequences.