"Smothers into silence? Are you trying to hear something?"

He was curious now. The man was unusual but it wasn't something that bothered him. Rather the opposite really. Iskandar wanted to know his new friend better and that meant getting to know him and learn more about these unusual words.

"Ah the flies! You are right about that!" He laughed as he took one of the offered berries and popped it into his mouth. "My thanks!"