eagle eye.

“ of course i doesn't work, have your hear how stupid it sounds? ” they knew they sounded rude, but they were tired, they'd been following these weird creatures for hours now and they still couldn't get close enough to know what the hell they were. at least, they knew they weren't predators, and that was a good discovery and a relief at the same time. “ for how long are we gonna keep trying? i'm ... getting tired. ”

“ i— i never called it that? ” the slight tilt in their voice at the end of the phrase evidenced their hesitance, and the wrinkles crowning their frown reinforced it. “ besides ... god doesn't exist. ”

“ well, it certainly shouldn't be, it is a harmless reptile, look at them ” dylan wasn't sure about the specific type of reptile they were holding in their hand, but it looked like some small type of lizard. it was bright red with brown dots, a very nice combination if you asked them. “ want to hold them? ”

“ ah— are you drunk? ” they asked, a frown of concern present on their face, yet a glint of curiosity illuminating their eyes. “ because you don't ... own me anything that i remember. and if you're drunk at least you could share a little, no? ” god or the universe or whatever being above them having a blast with their current situation knew a sip of alcohol burning down their throat would work wonders for them right now.

dylan looked at him in disbelief, a pedantic expression rapidly making its way into their features. “ well, what do you expect? ” they dead-panned so intensely it didn't even sound like a question. yet it was. “ i mean, we've been strained on a deserted island for three months ... and counting, i think 'severe psychological distress' is something pretty normal in our current situation, don't you think? ”

dylan looked around with their hands inconveniently full, the right holding a large bamboo stick tied with precarious ropes while the right one held a poorly makeshift bowl. and more ropes. they needed to fix the free end of the stick diagonally to the tree at their back, but to accomplish that on their own, they'd very much need to have a third hand, something not many humans were gifted with. so their eyes scanned their surroundings hopelessly and lay on the closest person to them. adrien? alien? ariel! yes, that was her name. “ hey! ariel, right? ” they called for her attention. “ could you help me out here? please? ”