Rhys slots in beside Elijah, rather than across from him, wanting to stay shoulder to shoulder.

He keeps up a pretty constant chatter of background noise as well.

"-so after three days he turned into a fox. I think so he didn't have to talk back to me? I just-- annoyed him out of the species." He gives Elijah a gentle nudge, "How about you? How did Jasper deal with the flood?"