A little awkward, wasn't he? Though the dryad supposed that if a creature had just been threatened by a larger creature in it's own home, having some advantage, it would have nervous inclinations. Ardghal could let these slide. He was reasonable enough to keep the offence he felt to himself when Alaric stretched out his hand again. They had just been through that.
So he bowed instead and perhaps that was even too early a gesture - showing respect to a Pilot? An Aedolian? It might be a lie, if it was anyone else. If his new acquaintance kept his promise, despite being in the tow of a...dragon- he could not help but mentally flinch every time he thought that word- then he deserved it. "You are not what we expected when you came into our forest. Thank you for this, Alaric."
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