back to basics

please just don't forget me Ronin laughed, too, at the sight of Fangorn 'helping' - this was the exact reason why he had left Sugar inside, though if either the gourd or Melita looked too closely at the ground floor windows of the guildhall, they might catch a small, pale dragon snoozing in the sun on the windowsill. At Melita's question, Ronin grinned down at her from the ladder and nodded at the sign. "I'm going to hunt monsters," he said, already having begun work on the word 'monster' with his paintbrush. "It's what I did before, and I was quite enjoying it," he explained. And since Safrin had instructed him to get stronger again before he was in a fit state to help her with her work, this seemed like a perfect opportunity to teach his body how to fight again. His smile softened, and he went back to work on painting. "That and raise my daughter, and help my family and friends," he murmured. What else was life for, in the end? "How about you? What have you made of this place so far?"