Flicking the fireball out with a turn of his wrist, Drest checked everything a final time and started to walk in the indicated direction, falling into a steady pace that would allow him to talk without slowing down too much. "That legend happens to be true, from everything I've head." he confirmed with a nod. "My family, or at least my father's side, is descended from fae of some sort, and we get our magic from them. That's where my gold eyes come from too." It seemed to him that most people with fae ancestry had odd eye colours, but he didn't have any real proof that was true. To him, gold or silver eyes were just a fact of life.
Elk...he had never had elk, but it sounded good. Lunch sounded wonderful as well, considering he hadn't eaten since breakfast hours ago and he had been on the move since then. Drest's expression darkened at the question of why he was there, but he answered quietly after a few moments. "I had to get away from everything - from my family, from society, from all of it. I want to make some sort of name for myself without any help from my family's reputation or connections, and I couldn't do that back home. I want to live life my own way, you know?"
Drest glanced over at Zurna in surprise at the longing in her voice, then looked away, considering a reply. "I'm sure Serendipity has a lot more culture than your people, and I know my home is more populated than here. You may say that this place isn't exciting, but to me it is." He gestured to the snowbanks all around them, continuing, "I've never seen so much snow before I came here. And we don't have elk at home, either. But if you really want to see my homeland...maybe I can take you sometime." The young man was half-joking, since he didn't really believe Zurna would leave her family behind to see the world like he was doing.