Tinker listened to their explanation, though it was a long one. They told him about how they all met, how Callum lied to Rayla and how she immediately changed her mind after Ezran showed her egg.
They told him about Claudia attacking them with her primal stone originally, and Callum stopping her and taking it. That the other elves didn't share the same opinion as Rayla and the whole ice situation, and why they were taking the egg back.
He seemed to be a lot more understanding about the situation than others had, even more so than Soren and Claudia, even with Claudia changing her mind about it.
"So, uh, after we take Zym back, maybe... Things will get better." Callum finished explaining, "We still have a long way to go, but soon Zym will be home."
"I see." Tinker said, "I can't imagine it's going to be easy to sneak around, though, as humans."
"Yeah..." Callum looked down, "At least I can do primal magic again, though."
Tinker did look a little bit confused at that comment, since there were a few things they forgot to explain, like Callum being able to do primal magic.
"Oh, I made my own connection so I can do sky primal magic." He was still leaving out a lot, but they really didn't have a lot of time to stay surrounded by elves, "It's a long story."
"I see." Tinker turned to look at Rayla and smiled, before suggesting, "Why don't you all stay here for a little while?"
"Isn't this place full of elves?"
"They don't have to see you." Tinker replied, "But perhaps it would be safer if you left with an illusion instead of a disguise."
Rayla was a little surprised he offered, though she knew what he meant. It was part of the reason she stopped by, but she expected that she'd be asking him. And maybe attempting to convince him.
"An illusion?"
"Yes." Tinker explained, "Specifically, one that would make you look like elves."
"Oh." Claudia turned to Callum, "So we wouldn't have to wear disguises anymore. Though, we should still work on our elf impressions."
"Elf impressions?" Tinker asked, though it wasn't really a question, "You should ask Rayla about that. She's great at impressions."
"Oh yeah, like Human Rayla." Claudia laughed. Tinker smiled, like he also knew Human Rayla, which made them question how many times Rayla had done Human Rayla and just how long Tinker had known her. Callum didn't even understand why Human Rayla was so popular...
"Huh, I'm surprised you're not trying to talk us out of it." Callum commented, "I mean, even Soren kind of tried at some point."
"For some reason, I doubt that would work." Tinker said, like he knew them and Rayla and he knew it wouldn't be that easy, "You're all in this together now, but there's no reason you shouldn't be safe, or at least safer."
"Huh." Callum replied, "You know, it's nice to actually meet someone who doesn't try and convince us to stop. And an elf that doesn't seem to hate humans."
Rayla looked at Callum in a sort of 'I told you' way and then smiled at Tinker.
"Yeah. A surprising amount of elves don't seem to hate humans." Claudia added.
"A surprising amount?" Callum asked, "We've met two."
"Which is already more than expected." She smiled, "Especially since one of them was an assassin we thought kidnapped you and Ezran."
"Though now you know that she didn't."
Claudia looked into the distance, and then asked out of curiosity, "Do you think Ezran and Soren have had the chance to explain it yet to everyone else yet?"
"Maybe.' Callum sighed, "Anyway, it's nice to meet you, elf who hasn't tried to kill us yet."
"Have a lot of elves tried to kill you?" Tinker questioned, a little bit alarmed. Tinker was strange, because he looked like he might try to adopt them all at any second and start a children collection.
Though, maybe they were imagining it, because at this point it sort of just seemed strange to meet an adult that was actually responsible, since Lujanne fed them worms without their knowledge and Soren built a zip-line, and or Slidey-Sling Go-Fast Rope.
Amaya was responsible, though their interactions with her were very brief and some of them involved her trying to kill Rayla. But that was a long time ago, or at least felt like it was.
Corvus was also a responsible adult, and one they had more recently seen, but they very briefly saw him. Overall, it was strange, especially since there was an elf who wasn't trying to feed them worms like Lujanne was.
"Pretty much all of them at some point." Callum answered casually. Tinker didn't look pleased to hear this, "Anyway, so now that we've explained everything, how do you know Rayla?"
Tinker smiled, looking at Rayla kind of like he might have already adopted her, "That's also a long story. Perhaps for another time."
"Okay."
After awhile, Tinker thought they should all get some rest while they were here, and apparently would later start working on what he would be giving them for the journey.
He seemed to working on getting supplies for them, yet another responsible adult thing they didn't quite expect from him though at this point it probably shouldn't surprise them.
Tinker walked up to Rayla to talk to her, smiling, though somehow he looked a little sad, "I'm glad you're okay, Rayla. Since..."
He trailed off, and briefly held onto his necklace. Rayla didn't seem to understand what he was referring to, "Since what?"
Tinker seemed to realize, and stopped smiling which meant he mostly just looked sad. He turned around, "Perhaps we should talk."
And then Tinker told her.
A/N: oh boy. anyway, here's some more tinker.