Mikleo - Vahvuus, now, supposedly - glances down, thoroughly confused by the nudging gesture; he's been confused for most of the walk, actually. A malak is meant to be submissive and obedient, so he keeps trying to walk behind his exorcist, but every time he falls back Sorey slows down enough to walk at his side, instead. It's genuinely baffling. He listens intently as Sorey goes on and on about the city, absorbing the information without much in the way of commentary, but it never deters the other from striking up another line of conversation, switching from one landmark or point of interest to the next. The church, the housing near abbey headquarters, the local taverns and restaurants, the fountain. They'd spent a while there, actually- Sorey had gotten excited when he actually mustered up some interest in it while he watched the water flow, endless and crystal clean.

It's so different from what he'd expected, but he doesn't know why he'd expected anything. It isn't as if he's done any of this before.

He mulls over the question for a moment - Sorey asks so many questions, leaving him so frequently at a loss for how to answer - and finally, tentatively, responds, "What's... neat?"

Is cleanliness a part of an exorcist's duties? Or is it a reference to how the world outside will be cleansed by their efforts? No, that doesn't sound right...