It's just the trauma talking

"And I'm stupid, apparently, if you think I'm going to believe that." Still, Ronin was as much a liar as Ashe and had just as colourful a past (if not quite as bleak), so his tone was good natured as he called her out. He sat up a little in his seat, resting a forearm on the table and smiling to her warmly. "Mostly back is good enough for me. Don't be a stranger on my doorstep, yeah? Ever. I miss you." That, at least, was completely honest. Ronin missed routine and he missed his creature comforts and he missed his people, though he was lucky in that the large majority of them had fallen into Caido along with him. Now if they would all just stop hiding away, that would be even better. Hearing that she would always be there to help was... Ronin couldn't describe how much it reassured him. Some tension in him relaxed, his smile softening, and he nodded to her. "Thank you. We need you - same as we all needed each other back behind the Wall. Except it's some creepy forcefield now that's trapping us. I don't know about out just yet, not with the baby... but I want the option. And I want that monster gone." The guildmaster's gaze sharpened and he clenched his fist on the table, meeting Ashetta's eyes as she spoke about their last encounter with the thing. He hummed in agreement about the Spire and the demon that prowled around it, nodding. "We need to get rid of it to open this mystery up any further - so your lightning will be a huge part of that. I'm counting on you. It seemed to burn nicely in general, so perhaps Remi could make us some incendiary ammo or projectiles... bombs, even." He shook his head. "I have a trump card, too... I met something... someone, rather. A goddess." He smiled quietly, glancing down at the table again. "Safrin. She promised her aid when we next face that thing." Ronin's expression grew puzzled as Ashe continued, however, the ex-captain tilting his head and rubbing at the stubble on his chin. "What was it, then?" he asked softly. "It's venomous too, I can say that much. Isla found one of its damned fangs in my shoulder when it bit and poisoned me. She's working on an antivenom." RONIN Darkness is a funny thing. It creeps up on you.