He looks at it helplessly, taking quiet notes about the snake and extending them, and decides, "This must be a cultural thing. Is it clockwork, or a golem?"
"Oh. Ii yo." He shrugs with a disarming smile. "Saa, you'd be amazed how many young sorcers don't think it's completely stupid to put enchanted stones in their pockets, even some much older than Zhoka-san. I'm glad Zhoka-san knows better; even if he's attached to the scars he already has, surely he must feel he has enough, ne?"