“Hmm ah suppose. I’m trying tae make a tench in the branch, it’s easy enough. I’ll haud the branch for ye, ye haud the rock in both paws, 'n' scrape the pointy end against the branch. Ye kin have a go drawing something, or sharpening it intae a stake, or- althoogh that reminds me, something else I hae tae have a go at... Ah anyway," he motioned how to scrape the branch with the rock, if she was inclined to have a go, while he held the branch steady.

A character set was about her project he was working on, that these branches had been useful for, using symbols to represent various words. Good for memory, or communication if others learnt the method. If you can remember the characters themselves, that is. Then of course, all the various uses of stakes, which he was still yet to fully explore. His mind was always bubbling over with something other, although his countenance remained serene.

“Braw tae make yer acquaintance, I’m Jekyll.”