[she nods, straightening back up and combing stray hair back behind her ears.]
It was expected. The talisman provides the trajectory, but...the means of getting there relies on its bearer to be able to muster the strength to reach it.
[lightly:] So that will certainly rule out group visits in the futures, mm. Good to know before saddling myself with such a thing.
[her mouth tugs in a grim smirk for the briefest of moments as she lifts her eyes back up to him. she gives him a nod.]
The transaction is concluded; you're free to go along on your way. Take what you've learned to heart.
[For a long moment he just stands there, looking her over with an impassive gaze. When he glances back at the gates to the city he sighs warily, mentally preparing himself for the tedium of another day spent among humans. The anxious excitement of observing the Calamity himself is already wearing off, though he doubts he will soon forget what he's seen.
Maybe he can stir up some trouble in town... Right after he finds something to soothe the hungry growling in his empty stomach.
He turns back to her and bobs his head in a movement that is more than a nod, less than a bow, then he's off walking back along the path to town.]
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It was expected. The talisman provides the trajectory, but...the means of getting there relies on its bearer to be able to muster the strength to reach it.
[lightly:] So that will certainly rule out group visits in the futures, mm. Good to know before saddling myself with such a thing.
[her mouth tugs in a grim smirk for the briefest of moments as she lifts her eyes back up to him. she gives him a nod.]
The transaction is concluded; you're free to go along on your way. Take what you've learned to heart.
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Maybe he can stir up some trouble in town... Right after he finds something to soothe the hungry growling in his empty stomach.
He turns back to her and bobs his head in a movement that is more than a nod, less than a bow, then he's off walking back along the path to town.]