to get a dream of life again

Alastair settled down slightly at the felines words and gave her a mildly indignant stare, he did in fact recognize her but he didn't appreciate being sneaked up on. Though when the bird approached he puffed himself up all over again, it didn't sound friendly so he wasn't going to take his chances with it.

"Yeah, yeah, I remember you. I haven't been having very good luck with getting out of this damned place there's apparently thorns and water everywhere that are out to get me." the feline continue'd puffing himself up at the bird as he spoke to Kayalee.

"What's the thing in front of me, I don't think I like it." he gave the raven a few sniffs while keeping his distance. He'd never smelled anything like it before, and he wasn't a big fan of unfamiliar things.

Alastair thought about rejecting Kayalee, but he'd been trapped in the river garden for weeks now and had hardly eaten since then so desperation overpowered his ego.

"Yes, unfortunately. You live out on the plains correct? Would you mind guiding me there, it's hard to hunt and think when my senses are overpowered by water and noise." his voice was tinged with mild shame, the feline absolutely hated needing help. He would be completely fine on his own but no, he had to end up in the blasted river garden and get himself trapped. Ugh. Though Kayalee was very polite the last time they'd met, not dwelling on his lack of sight as a horrible disability, unlike most.

"So that bird is under your command? That's interesting. I never thought birds were capable of companionship -- no offense or anything." Alastair's fur had finally began to fluff down now that it was clear that he was in no danger, though it was still grossly wet and parts were dried into messy clumps. His fur was generally a mess most of the time since he couldn't see himself to assess if he was looking decent but it was in quite a bit more disarray than normal.

"Well I doubt most get themselves trapped here for weeks on end." Alastair grumbled, mostly to himself. He wouldn't be so disgusted with himself needing help if it weren't over something so incredibly stupid.

"I've never heard of a wasteland around here, that sounds unpleasant." the feline cocked his head slightly to the side in interest. He certainly wasn't one for exploring but hearing about other lands beyond here he'd explored before interested. It interested him even more that the bird was from one of those distant lands.

"No not really, it's normally a mess. Not that I don't take care of myself I just don't really care about the way my fur lays." Alastair flinched slightly at Kayalee's sudden closeness. He wasn't normally so jumpy and sour but he was vulnerable and irritated from hunger and being stranded in the river garden.

"Ahh, could we get going now, this place makes me even more uncomfortable by the second. And I've been here for weeks so you can imagine how uncomfortable I am now." he swished his still damp tail around, not in agitation but anticipation to finally get out of the wet garden. Being here for so long left him with a feeling of impatience for leaving. The plains were nice though, no trees to accidentally run into, no water. The prey was still hard to catch but it's easy to outsmart a rat, not so easy to do the same with fish and water snakes.