[Finds himself leaning in to hear her better, but he quickly straightens again when she looks back at him. Ahem. What, he's fine! He dons an overly thoughtful look at her question, cheeks going a bit pink again.]

Yes, let's get closer! That's where a number of the shards are, after all. That people have collected. Maybe the spell will work better if we're in closer range of everything.

[Pause.

Goes a bit shifty-eyed.]

Er, but not too close. We don't want to draw Jones' attention, either.

[Also, the thought of being too near to that mess is just bloody terrifying.

Draco starts to head off down the path, but then remembers his manners and turns to hold a hand out to Ariel.]

Shall we? Once we have the complete jewel, luck should definitely be on our side. We'll be able to get out of this place!