[ Is all they can muster to that response at first. Gems didn't generally kill anything; if they saw jellyfish that had been washed up they moved them back to sea, they were gentle with insects they came across, and never hurt each other purposefully (with Cairn being the sole exception). So his ability is definitely the better alternative to what they were doing, which was either 1) punching out their teeth or 2) killing them if it got too hard to control - they relax a little, their sense of trust in the other growing a bit. ]
I think what you were just doing is more useful than just feeding them. [ They start taking steps in their intended path again, looking back at him curiously. ] That method will definitely go wrong sooner or later.
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[ Is all they can muster to that response at first. Gems didn't generally kill anything; if they saw jellyfish that had been washed up they moved them back to sea, they were gentle with insects they came across, and never hurt each other purposefully (with Cairn being the sole exception). So his ability is definitely the better alternative to what they were doing, which was either 1) punching out their teeth or 2) killing them if it got too hard to control - they relax a little, their sense of trust in the other growing a bit. ]
I think what you were just doing is more useful than just feeding them. [ They start taking steps in their intended path again, looking back at him curiously. ] That method will definitely go wrong sooner or later.