"--!" Waver's not exactly sure how to react to a big metal lion trying to curl around him like an overprotective well, dog, actually, but it is enough of a surprise to startle him.

But his attention is drawn back to the pages a few moments later. There's blueprint paper here too, but that's faded out and truly falling apart in his hands. He sighs, and decided to just put it back down. It's yielding nothing.

I haven't met him yet, no. Give it a few more days, Shiro. But that's...okay, wait, dream or did it feel intensely real?