The snake would flick his tongue a few more times before he decided Balthazar was no threat to Larkspur, and coiled back into the fur around her neck. "Your friend has adjusted well to you Larkspur, I am impressed!" a proud smile hikes up the side of his lips. Snakes usually took longer to warm up to- at least in Balthazar's experience.
"Alright , thank you for your efforts," Balthazar nods at her words. "Of course! We need them, wouldn't have it any other way." He responds with a small purr, proud of his work.
As they approach the building foundation and salves Balthazar watches Larkspurs expression and cackles again, some of it laughter- some of it instinctual hyena sounds of submission around females- despite his own actual size. "The salves do smell strong..but very helpful I promise! You should really put a little on the wings." he insisted.
Balthazar couldn't help but chuckle when Larkspur asks for his permissions to apply the salves."Yes, of course you have my permissions to apply the salves to my skin." he spreads his wings all the way out and lay on his stomach so that Lark could reach the areas she requires. "Tell me to roll or move if you need to reach something." Balthazar was ready to be done with the salves so that he could father the much needed soft wood for the gates.
"Larkspur," he muses, in the start of a thought, "Do you plan on staying here- around the coastal area?" Balthazar rather loved it here and planned to stick around and stake his claim. "because I do. I want to open a trading and healing centers here to help others. What about you, folke, and the garden?"
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"speech."