You sat by the fire, whistling and working on setting a trap for any sort of animal that may still linger the area. Anything you could eat, really. You were tying sticks with whatever you had, with your mental blueprints playing out just fine. And then, he decided to join you.

The large, armoured rider came and sat with you. "What is it you're making again, y/n?"

"A trap." you spoke, putting down what you had been working on. "Wanna try?"

War hesitated before reaching out, grabbing a stick and the small rope you'd been holding.

"See these two sticks here," you pointed to two sticks that so far, were tied to only make a corner of a square. "You need to do that to the other side, so you make two corners."

You watched as the horseman let out small grunts of frustration, as he couldn't get the rope to stay around the stick as he wrapped. "Try holding the rope with your thumb until you get it to wrap around itself." He did as he was told, no longer making noises until it came to actually tying the knot. You sighed. "Sometimes I'm not sure if I should laugh at you, or pity you."

War gave you a glare. "I am trying."

"I see that, but that doesn't mean you're making progress."

"Your remarks are quite distracting." he said, no longer glaring.

"What a shame, I need a few seconds to recover from your tragedy."

The horseman silently dropped what he was holding, dropping his head into one of his hands. "I give up trying to deal with your witts."

"I know. Cmon, try some more with the sticks 'nd stuff."

War sighed, trying once more. He finally got it, and he sat back, smiling and proud. Until you started clapping really loudly. "Woo! You did it! Hell yeah, give the audience an encore and do it for the next corner!"

He looked around, his brows pushed together. "Audience? We are alone, y/n."

You froze, mid clap and your smile stuck to your face like glue. "I could probably double your intelligence with many things, and you'd probably still be absolutely stupid." Your smile faded when War seemed genuinely upset. "But I mean, with most things, like battles and general knowledge about things that DON'T involve humanity, you're probably like, the smartest person I could go to. So, be honored about that."

His smile returned, and you became much more patient with him about making the trap