Envy spent another long moment deliberating, and trying to convince themselves not to bow down to the fetch quest quite so easily. But the longer they waited, the harder it became, until finally they realized; I'm gonna say yes anyway. So why delay it? So with a decisive hop, the weasel dropped down to all fours. "Screw it. I'm in. You couldn't have picked a better weasel for the job. Or... any other gem, for that matter..." Envy realized that there weren't too many other weasels in the caves and silently kicked themselves for that oversight. But they pretended not to have noticed.

Pride asked about Lusts whereabouts. An easy question. "Orion, next to my den," they answered without missing a beat, bounding over to one of the deer's forelimbs and, providing that Pride remained still, attempting to scale it. "I helped her build her nest, too. So that's where she'll be. I can guide you there."

"Speech."

"And if you fail, I could always try some kind of magic. There's gotta be something out there for... that kind of thing," Envy considered thoughtfully, now perched comfortably on the white deer's back, half blissfully submerged in soft white fur. It had been some time since Envy had explored their native element, but with the spells they'd learned relating to their vision, they could bet there were a few for other spells linked to the senses, too.

Envy turned to look up towards the stag's head, even though he couldn't see them. When Pride started moving, Envy scurried up onto the deer's head and perched precariously between his antlers. "Hmmm... Yes, that'd be a good start," they agreed, trying to think if they'd ever heard anyone else who'd run into a creature like that. They couldn't help but feel superior, thinking about how the goose might be the only creature in the caves they didn't envy. Stupid thing. Probably needed to be put out of its misery. When Envy was done with it, Pride would swear loyalty so hard that his antlers would fly right off of his head! Envy grinned at the thought.

"Yes! this way, this way... keep going! You got it!" Envy began to guide, probably unhelpfully, as Pride found his way. Envy found their gaze drawn to the path and they marvelled at how different the world looked from so high up. How amazing it would be to be tall...



"Speech."

Envy sat in silence for a while, enjoying the view and the gentle rocking motions from where they had sat before Pride's voice drew them out from the moment of Serenity. It was a good thing, too; as there was a high possibility that the contented ness of it all might have sent them off to sleep. It was a relatively simple question, but in the grand scheme of things, not terribly interesting. The weasel's tail twitched against Pride's neck. "As healthy as I can be considering. And as ravishing as ever, of course... You're really missing out," Envy chirped, as though they were only half joking.

They went back to admiring the flowers and scenery. Envy hadn't expected to be returning to Orion so soon, but they reminded themselves that Lust was their responsibility now, and she had to be taken care of. Despite themselves, they looked forward to seeing her again. They just hoped that she wouldn't take to Pride too much...

Envy tried to shrug off the thought and think of a conversational topic to pass the journey quickly.

-Exit Envy-

"Speech."