Jacques chuckled and said "Just keeping your seat warm." He acrobatically dropped from whee he had been perched to a crouching position with his cloak spread out across the ground in a complete circle like a billowing shadow. He stood up and said in a serious tone, a contrast to his previous almost childlike enthusiasm "I managed to locate a functioning clone. I thought I should tell you since I'm planning to go after it very soon. I'd prefer assistance with it and would like to ask if you would help me finish this battle."
He'd been trying to hide his eyes from everyone lately because they had taken on strange black sclera and yellow irises dialated almost like a cat or a dragon. In certain light the yellow could be seen even through the dark blue glass of his visor. He had it under control for now and his eyes were their normal deep blue coloration but deep down it worried him.