Pendant Associates

"That is how it happens. All the news comes at once." Bastien commented. True, he'd never had to deal with two earth-shattering things like a new world and a new baby at once, but he'd had his fair share of shocking news in the past. The word 'guildhall' piqued his interest, but Ronin moved on with a question to him about his own origins here. Bastien paused before he responded: it seemed almost everyone else he'd spoken to had come through with a friend, a family member or a loved one. He was totally alone, and he wondered if that said something about him. "I came here by myself in my sleep. Sometimes I wonder if it is all just a strange dream..." He looked up to the ceiling with distant eyes as if it would tell him the answers. "But as the days go on it seems clear it is not. I used to live in a city called Venice. There I was important. Here...ah." He held out his hands with a mug and a cloth. "But it is not too awful. At least there are Goddesses, hm?" Wanting to move on from his own sad state of affairs, he motioned to Ronin with the mug. "Sounds like you are making something of yourself here, friend. What is the 'guildhall' for?" Bastien I am the remedy to your heart