[Essek cannot help the small curl to his enigmatic smile at seeing Caleb's reaction. Any thoughts he told himself he had about needing to use this man to get at the group, to arrest a hold on them and their endeavors almost slip from his mind. How beautiful was it to see fire bright hair framing eyes that held the very Lucidian Ocean in them?

But he had a mission and it was not to find himself fascinated by a mere stray cat of a man -- even if he cleaned up very nicely.]

Merely coming to see how you all are.. ah, settling in, but it seems very well. [He makes a small gesture with his eyes towards the tree.

Another pipes in, asking if he lives close by.]

Ah no. My Den is within the Lucid Bastion, where I often am in research of my dunamantic pursuits or within the conservatory..

[He looks to Caleb again, not as interested in the others.]

Something that.. piqued your interests, did it not?