Clutching the flowers next to his chest, he turned around and resumed his walk with Val; and neither said much for a while, but Adrien did notice the faint, somewhat ethereal smile on his mentor's face.

"...But I don't think I had seen these before. Though, I'm not surprised that I went straight for them", Adrien added, his cheeks a bit red. "I have always had a fascination for dangerous things...".

Val chuckled softly. "Such as?".

"Like snakes, for example".

Val smiled. "Snakes are beautiful animals. I like them too", he said, tilting his head on one side.

"Yeah, I thought so", Adrien smiled, thinking of the staff with the entwined vipers that Val owned.

"However", Val said, "please don't go out of your way to pester snakes...".