[ That is... a lot of information, 99% of which goes right over his head. Or, more literally, about half the words do: alien, symbiote, psychic, telepathic. The words that do give him any kind of sensible context make it sound more like she's talking about bees than anything useful, but he does struggle his way to some kind of understanding.
Enough to know he wants nothing to do with any of it, anyway.
There's a long pause as Mat tries to process that, mulling it over, squinting at her through his robes. ]
(Then—) [ He starts and stops, though it's clear he's still thinking. Guessing at words he can swap out, given the context, things like possessed and channel, and a few that will make even less sense: ta'averen, shadowspawn, zomara. It's all chased up by the memory of a ruby-hilted dagger, but the only thing he ends up intentionally projecting is an intensely beleaguered: ] (Blood and bloody ashes.)
pidge pls go back to lightbulb 101
Enough to know he wants nothing to do with any of it, anyway.
There's a long pause as Mat tries to process that, mulling it over, squinting at her through his robes. ]
( Then— ) [ He starts and stops, though it's clear he's still thinking. Guessing at words he can swap out, given the context, things like possessed and channel, and a few that will make even less sense: ta'averen, shadowspawn, zomara. It's all chased up by the memory of a ruby-hilted dagger, but the only thing he ends up intentionally projecting is an intensely beleaguered: ] ( Blood and bloody ashes. )