"Heh heh heh..... You're so modest, Monsieur Prémédité. What am I ever going to do with you?" Does Jade perhaps need some help digging? Maybe while Jade is collecting dirt, he can find some interesting worms or insects buried in there? Rook flops on the ground in an ungainly sprawl, all but vanishing into the tall grass.

"Mmhmm! He understood that claws and fangs aren't the only strengths that are worth having. That's why he made sure even those living in the shadows could have their time in the sun." It was a bit of a different, more wild kind of compassion..... but isn't it similar to the Sea Witch's own, raising up those who were suffering and needed a helping hand?