[ He nods, and with that he comes closer to her, angling the instrument in his hands to point forward, but leaning it, as if inspecting it. There on his, there's a faint red glow at the top of the nuzzle that hadn't been there before. ]

They've made these to pick up on hate, so they should work without much concentration... as long as you can focus on something, it'll put that emotion into the fire when you release it!

I can help you keep it up if you think it'll be hard to do; it's a skill I learned a while back, helping a person keep feeling a way. You don't even have to think about something too awful--it's better if you don't. Me, I prepared before I came here...

[ His face scrunches up, the red glow now brighter than before, and the disgust on his face leaks into his voice as he shares between them-- ]

I took a bite out of a pickled egg.

[ fuggen GROSS. ]