[ Delicious bugs, mollusks, and seaweed... it really hits the spot! Illumi here has no trouble at all eating the food offered by the Thessyx, eating it just as diligently as he would any other meal.

More importantly, unlike a few of the other Hatchlings, he doesn't offer up a single thing to the crew members or civilians, even amidst the very obvious bitterness in the air of the cafeteria. There are more than a few under-their-breath jealous remarks that are pointed at this table in particular, maybe because Illumi is eating the food all so easily and not following the trend of Hatchlings offering half or more of what they were given.

Any unfortunate Hatchlings sitting near him have to put up with the bitterness, too. ]

Do we really owe them anything? [ His eyes drift to look behind his shoulder, towards the source of the grousing. ] They sound like they think so.

[ He asks this completely genuinely, and loud enough for anyone at the table to hear, apparently mostly oblivious as to why they're all catching mad heat for the pickled bugs they were gifted. ]

[ With the moles having skittered into deeper parts of camp, there's now the issue of them messing with the electrical wiring... one such case is just the type that you and Illumi have been dispatched to deal with! Normally, he wouldn't risk his own hide for hunting these things, but damage to the electricity? Well, that would just spell trouble for everyone. ]

What do you think? Should we kill it?

[ The two of you are watching from afar, out of earshot, from behind the safety of a slightly ajar door. A few of the other Hatchlings take a more direct approach, but Illumi favors stealth and delicate planning, hence the pause before moving to action. As far as it looks, it doesn't seem as though he's armed, nonchalant about the matter as he seems. ]

It might be easier to just lure it back to that hole... assuming it goes willingly.

[ Though, he of course doesn't know his companion's abilities! And it's apparent he mostly only has regard for what will be easiest for the pair of them in this situation, not what they were told to do by Rémi. From inside the room, there's the snap-crackle-pop of electricity as the creature chews through more wires, so they'll have to make a decision quickly. ]

( feel free to wildcard me! illumi will be disguised as this gross thing towards the beginning of the thessyx's arrival, so feel free to have your character spot him in this form and be like what the hell (he'll do normal stuff like eating and walking around the camp while like this, it's fine). otherwise, you can reach out to me at lunarians for plotting or hashing out assumed cr! )