for so it is written

Ronin smiled as he watched dragonet and gryphlet with their game, something almost sad in the guildmaster's eyes that he banished as quickly as it had appeared. Sugar had been quite low when he'd first come back, and Ronin still felt her misery weighing on him as if it was his own. To see her partake in innocent fun, to act her age, so to speak... it lifted his spirits more than he could say.

Still, as Jigano spoke about potentially finding more about him, Ronin glanced back to the other man and nodded enthusiastically. "That was my second request, in truth," he said, though he was still primarily interested in the world that had ticked on in his absence. "I wondered if there were any books with cases like my own. And if I find I can suddenly fly or turn into a phoenix or something, I'll be sure to let you know."

But the other man was right, and he did have questions, Ronin sipping contently at his tea and following suit in taking a bite out of his pastry (only a baron's upbringing stopped him from scarfing the whole thing down, it was so good). He nodded to Jigano. "I am aware that the barrier fell a short time ago. Anything you can tell me in general about what's beyond there would be very helpful," he said.