"I know it won't. I'm trying to keep it at a distance." The key word here being 'trying'. Because really, the constant buzzing/flitting and generally insect-y sounds were starting to annoy him. He'd never liked bugs much, and this bug was a monster of a bug, thus enhancing the sound he'd learned to live with but still didn't particularly enjoy.

"I got here yesterday", he handwaved the answer, was more interested at the previous statement the other person had made. "What was that? They're supposed to fight each other?"

He'd really hoped that freak-rat-thing had been a one time deal. Was that the whole point of this sudden quest? He'd seen various kind of animal fights on the streets, but had honestly found them a bit too macabre to participate in. He was more for the regular conning tricks. And now he had somehow gotten stuck with an enormous dragonfly and the point was to make it fight?

Well, thinking about the rat fight earlier, it didn't seem to have affected either the Yanma or the other animal-thing too bad. Maybe this world was different. Scratch that, he knew this world was different, but if these animals were as extraordinary as some people had hinted, maybe he could use this to an advantage.

He gave the Yanma a sideways glance. It seemed excited for the attention.