Imp tried to remember if he'd made this kid a banana. He made bananas all the freakin' time, and he hadn't shared this with him?!

"The banana's magic! It's a fruit but it's magic. Hold on," he said, and then strained, teeth gritted together. After a moment, a smooth-skinned yellow banana--a little brown-spotted, but nothing too serious--simply appeared in the air before him, landing with a plop and bouncing, a little. "They're magic! Everyone thinks they taste good, even if they don't normally eat this stuff. Oh, and they make you glow, but only for a little while," Imp explained.

"Listen, if you're tired, rest! If you ever need me just yell, and if I'm close I'll come. Yell, if I'm near, I'll help--yeah?" he added, rephrasing to try and make sure that the little one understood.

@Fahl

With a lurching gait, Fahl approached the banana. He sniffed it. Claws fumbled with the yellow skin, struggling to split it open. After a moment or two of this, he shoved down on the banana and tried to pull it apart with as much force as he could muster. The soft insides were finally revealed but had been reduced to a slippery mush. His tongue strained for a sample.

And he nodded, a satisfied grunt slipping from his mouth at the taste that flooded it. No words came to mind for what it was, other than one: "Good."

Fahl continued to lick up the remarkable fruit smeared on the ground. Despite the new delight introduced to him, his eyes grew increasingly bleary. "Tired," he said, the agreement reluctant. "Yell. Help."

He settled himself down next to the burst peel, nodding against his exhaustion. "Be masters. Yeah?" Another yawn escaped him. Eyes blinked slower and then shut as he succumbed to sleep without waiting for any confirmation from Imp. The iguana was now a still, sparkling spot of black on the stone floor of Pisces.

-Exit via sleep

@Imp

Imp listened as the young iguana consumed the banana, grinning with satisfaction.

"Good, huh?" he asked--but then the kid was expressing exhaustion, and Imp dipped his head in agreement. "Yeah, sure. You shouldn't sleep out in the open--could be dangerous," he advised, though he didn't bother with explaining why. No point in terrorizing the kid by going into detail on all the Lessers--and Greaters--that might eat him. "Find somewhere hidden, yeah? A small niche or something, an uhh--a crack in the wall?--and rest there."

A pause.

"-Fahl?"

Aww, fuck, he's already asleep. Imp resigned himself to listening for danger; he'd fish close by a little more, and once his belly was full, find a more hidden spot--somewhere near, within earshot--to 'watch.' He wasn't sure what he could do against a Greater, but at least if a rat pack found Fahl out in the open like that, he could try and drive 'em off.

exit Imp
if you want to tag Imp for any later threads, let me know! Otherwise they can always go their separate ways after this!

@Fahl (for visibility!)