Because you're not a mage, you can't feel the burning aura emanating from Malleus, the dragon descendant and prince of the Valley of Thorns. And he's otherwise very happy about it. A small, sweet man whose life is so short and yet so much activity and fearlessness. You've intrigued him.

And so he comes again, on Lilia's advice with small gifts, to you, appearing with the green fireflies almost every night.