The comment about Malos earns Lloyd an amused yet slightly fond laugh out of Zelos. Honestly, that guy really is something else, all things considered. And if he's that easily worried by Lloyd then Zelos doesn't want to find out how bad things will get if he's worried about Lloyd and the Aegis being gone for a long time.

One look at Lloyd under the moonlight reveals that he's still blushing, and now Zelos is feeling bad on top of awkward for what he did, and. Architect, glow blushing is lame, so he's just gonna give him a smooth smile and walk onwards to camp. Confound this 'trying to be a good person after you've lashed out like ten times in two weeks' thing, it's confusing and weird and Zelos still can't quite get it right. Like, ugh. And they didn't even complete their perimeter check, either, so distracted with the carving and then everything else as they were.

Wait. The carving.

He'd put the carving in his jacket's pocket before he started feeling for Lloyd's ether signal earlier. Suddenly remembering its weight against his hip the Aegis goes fish it out and gently throws it up in the air, catching it with one hand as he walks. "Anyway," he turns his head and gives Lloyd a grin, then, waving the miniature sword around for him to see, "you still gotta drill a hole in this thing. I wanna hang it off my belt."