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[Continued from here]

[It definitely feels like he's hiding something, but whatever it is, it probably isn't that important. Not compared to everything that's going on now.]

< So, uhm, you need someone to walk with you back to the place they've got set up for us? I've been looking for someone to head out with, but it feels like just as I'm about to talk to someone they've already on their way out. >

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[There are definitely things he not mentioning. Not hiding, precisely, or so he would claim. But definitely things he does not mean to mention to someone he has just recently met.]

I have not yet found someone with whom to travel. Should you likewise require someone with which to do so, I am willing to accompany you.

[So stiff... They guess he did say something about being important where he came from. They wonder if they acted like that once upon a time.]

< Thanks. I appreciate it. I think the name of the place is called the "Valentia?" I've already got the directions written down, so we'll see how good a navigator I am. >

[In fairness, Lahabrea has acted as he has for many a year. And is not exactly handling the sudden arrival to a new world particularly well. Still, there's a nod of agreement.]

Then I shall follow your lead.

[Given that it's not like he has any better idea on how to get to where they're meant to be.]

[The longer they linger here outside the barrier, the more Dante begins to regret not giving Gale a description to go off of. Sure, they really do stand out, especially in a place like this, but giving themselves more reason to stand around in a place filled with some kind of otherworldly radiation probably wasn't the best idea they could have had.

They stare down at the syntrofos in their hand, thumb hovering over the screen as they debate following up on their previous message.]

[The wizard arrives later than Dante, sweeping his gaze back and forth. When his yellow eyes land on Dante he stops and tilts his head, not quite what he's looking at. He's used to all manner of nonhuman people -- elves, orcs, even tabaxi -- but he's never met anyone who looked like Dante. Still] Hello! I'm Gale of Waterdeep. I suppose you must be Dante?

[Oh thank goodness.

They stuff the syntrofos in their pocket and turn to face him, raising their hand in greeting.]

< That's me. >

[--is the sentiment that's translated across along with their three swift ticks of reply.

They're pretty sure they can guess what's on his mind the moment they catch the look on his face.]

< It's a prosthesis. I had it before I got here. >

I've never seen a prosthesis quite like that before. It's quite fascinating! The ticking was the most surprising part, some sort of telepathic translation, maybe? Ah, but you didn't come here to talk about that, pardon my distraction.

[Ordinarily, he would have a lot more questions about Dante's prosthesis and the magic undoubtedly involved, but since his arrival in Karteria, the unexpected has become quite expected. Even the chronically curious grow weary of asking questions eventually.] Would you like to walk a little further into the woods to shift? Whatever you're more comfortable with, of course. I don't like mine to be seen.

< Oh, no, it's fine. I wouldn't be able to give you much of an answer anyway. I don't know too much about how it all works, much less how people here are suddenly able to understand me. >

[As for his question...]

< Please. >

[The answer comes before they can even form as a solid thought, and though it's not something that they necessarily disagree with (just as Gale said, there's something to be said for privacy), the fact that that answer may not have been entirely their own leaves them... uneasy, to say the least.]

< But seriously, thanks for this. >

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