Tristan had just reached the start of the stairs when she snapped out her name to him. He turned slowly back to her, his chocolate eyes looking even more amused. He looked down at the small animal following him and smiled down at it. A real smile, not just the smirk he had shown her earlier. He bent down and scratched behind the furry animal's ears. "Well hello Merik. It's a pleasure to meet you." He held out his hand to see if the ferret would climb up on it and looked up at Kaya.

"Now that wasn't that hard was it?," he said softly. He cocked his head to the side as he watched her. "I suppose since you've told me your name that I should explain things a bit. However, that story is best told out under the open sky and I've grown tired of this tower. Perhaps we could go down and then I'll tell you my story?" Laughter danced in his eyes. He knew she was frustrated and that it would only serve to frustrate her even further to have to wait till they were outside to find out what had happened here.