And yet Nam will take it upon himself to fix the hole the bird left anyway. Unless that's where it decides to die, then Nam would rather not look at the eyesore of a hole for days or potentially weeks. But if that's where the bird dies, then he's not about to disturb it. He may be protective of this area, but he isn't so cruel that he would disturb some poor creature's resting place, regardless of how temporary it might be.

Though Nam will probably never say such a thing out loud (he doesn't want to encourage this behaviour), he would never do a thing like kicking the bird's ashes into the wind. Again, he's not so cruel as that. And it was safer for Gaja to at least have made himself known to be in the hole. As irritating as this whole situation is, with knowing the bird is there, Nam will protect him. Crash landing in the dragon's domain means forcing himself into the dragon's protection.

He'll watch over the bird until he's himself again, though if Gaja wants to think otherwise of this unknown river spirit he's stumbled upon, Nam will say nothing to the contrary.

"If you must, then you'll do so in the mess you've already created. I won't allow you to burn my river bank."