[immediately:] You should take--[ someone with you, in case something happens out there in the unfamiliar terrain and they're much too far away to help. but he also gets that this is an expedition that will go much faster for one than two, and truth be told, it'll be hard to gather a week's worth of supplies for two people. ]--Tim with you. [ tilting his face up again with an encouraging smile ] I'm sure he can do without me for a week, and he's handy.

[Doesn't need to sleep, doesn't need to eat, comes armed with a handsome maw of very. Sharp. Teeth. He takes the ruffling without complaint this time, as he knows Lavi means well and er, he is in possession of those scissors.]

Not yet, but I don't blame him. [in something close to a murmur:] He's all by himself here.