#adorableeeeeeeeeee

He'd been rather absorbed---he had his nitpicks and there was no way she'd ever understand even half of what she tried to write about but the enthusiasm alongside something else was there in full---and so when Miche speaks up near his shoulder the half-blood starts rather harshly. Kariom quickly shoves the journal he'd been preparing to write in away from himself as if the thing had suddenly GROWN TEETH AND TRIED TO BITE HIM.

"Stryha's feathers---!!! Don't just sneak up on people!!!" Is he more embarrassed about being scared or being caught? Hm... "And for your information it's not 'being nosy' if I'm MAKING CORRECTIONS!" That wasn't precisely what he was doing---in fact he had to make fewer corrections as time went on, or at the very least made them in a somewhat softer way---and they both knew it.