Chew. Pause. Chew. Pause. Chew. Your counterpart clears his throat. What the hell is this, some kind of stupid game? You roll your eyes, social as ever. Crotchety is a good way to describe you- although Rosti's probably figured that out by now. “Well perhaps you're an idiot who thought wrong,” you offer to him, contemplatively, as though it's actually a question to wonder over. Truth be told, it's not really a question to wonder about at all, since you already knew that he was an idiot before you got here. Still, just in case he didn't know that about himself, better to let him know. At least you'll all know where you stand.

But he insists that you and he should be doing something together. We. You don't like the taste of the word in your mouth. To be associated with him... You almost spout something else stupid out- about how running scared from lava doesn't make him a general- but you can't be too gruff with him, you suppose. You doubt the Golden Pegasus would appreciate you harassing his pet general. And as much as you've decided that the Golden Man might be ok, you're still pretty sure that he would throw you to the dogs pretty quickly if it came down to being between you and Rostislav. You may be bitter, but you're not entirely stupid.

While you try to figure out where exactly you want to go with this conversation, you turn your head down to the dog. Raising an eyebrow to it- it's so small, after all- you look back up just in time to see your boggart playing games. No doubt, she is trying to undermine you in some way or form. At any rate, she has adopted the form of a flask. An empty one, apparently, as the flask is upside down and bobbing up and down, not a drop coming out. Rosti's greatest fear? You doubt it, but perhaps one of them. You smirk as the image disappears back into a nearly-invisible black wisp and flits back towards you. You do not usually find your companion useful, but at times she has proven beneficial.

“Practicing for what? I haven't seen anything dangerous here since... ever.” Of course, you actually think practicing is an excellent idea, but you're trying to be obstinate in a covert manner. Maybe he'll offer you some sort of useful information that you didn't know previously. “Do we even have any troops?” Truth be told, if you do have any, you haven't seen them. Clearly they haven't been honing their craft. Useless.