Tyrion couldn't help but grin at the boy. For all that he wanted to seem grown up, he was most certainly still a child. It did give the golden blonde wolf a small amount of pleasure to see Eztli squirm just by looking at him. Whatever the younger wolf wanted to be, if he couldn't handle the scrutinizing gaze of an old dwarf, he wouldn't make it. All the same, the impish male was not beneath teaching. Knowledge held power, but it did no good if it was kept all to oneself.

"Ah, but that is where you are mistaken, my friend," he said, ignoring the dagger like stare he was being given. "As much as practice is important, when you stalk an unknown, you get the unknown. I may only be an old dwarf, but what if the unknown you chose to follow had been say... a cannibal looking for their next meal?" he said. While he did not know much of Asteraia's present state, Tyrion was educated enough to know such beasts existed. Whether they existed in Moladion, he was currently unsure. What he wanted to do was make Eztli think. Think about his actions, and think about the consequences of those action.

Tyrion inclined his head slightly, an indicator that the young man was not completely incorrect. "Scouting yes, approachable yes. But what about me makes me approachable?" Again, his question was designed to make the boy think without outright giving him the answer just yet. Even the neutral grounds was accurate. After Iromar, he wanted to be certain before he ventured closer to the invisible threshold of Asteraia.

It was his turn to raise a brow. "Are you sure about that? I hadn't planned on going into Asteraia with a shadow," he said, his brow now furrowing slightly. This was not something he had planned for, but perhaps it would be useful. "Very well. You can come, but you do not speak unless spoken to, and you mind your tongue when you are. The last thing I need is to have to explain to the Queens of Spirane AND the Queen of Taviora if you get yourself into trouble while with me." There was no negotiating, not this time at least. "Now, if you are still sure about that, I am Tyrion, and your name?"

The name would be important. After all, if Eztli didn't want to risk being called young man or boy by the older wolf, he would need to provide it.