[DROP] No time like the present

Ronin had been about to reply to his lady when the creature rudely interrupted them with its secrets and curiosities, so instead he simply slipped an arm around Vanya to draw her against his side. One could never be too sure about these sorts of things, and he wasn't about to let this turn into a Spire situation. But it didn't seem as though the cloaked thing wanted to eat their faces or take swipes at them. No, it wanted... a word? That it would find pleasing? "Please," he said eventually, a smirk curling across his lips. It sounded neither placating nor pleading, but was said wryly and with no small hint of sarcasm. RONIN Darkness is a funny thing. It creeps up on you.