[His smile grew into a beam from the compliment, one hand reaching up to rub at his cheek. Well gosh, look at him, being all nice and stuff. That's a nice change. A lot of arrivals were too busy freaking out for that kinda thing.

There wasn't a huge amount of risk when it came to trusting Fran, at least. Had he wanted to do anything nefarious with the boy... like feed off of him, well, he would have done that already. The two were alone in some side grove, after all. ]

I'll tell ya what~ [The corner of his lips curl a little, eyes returning to the pale boy beside him.] Once you're a bit more settled, you can bring me some tea from the city, and we can sit down and have some together. Then I'll call us even~

[Yup, that was it, easy enough, right? Fran's desired payment, as it often ended up, was company. He travelled and ran, much like Wight, but without anyone coming with him, no sister or friends. It left a sizeable social hole in his needs.]