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"I have no choice but to stay and luckily I have found that I like it here," Ronin corrected with a smirk, knocking a finger gently against the side of his mug. "Though it would please us both, I have no doubt, if we were able to spread out a little more and stop encroaching on your home. Though the majority of the native people I have met have been accommodating in a way that has surprised me..." This young woman notwithstanding, of course. In fact he thought that this was the first person he'd come across (apart from that Ascended - Wessex, was her name?) who had treated him even remotely how he'd have expected to be treated. "I can't say we have attempted to lift the barrier, but I have been to the Spire and I've seen and fought the monster that guards it. It was pleasant, if you discount my new scars and my stint in the infirmary." Ronin's voice was fairly cheerful, but his blue eyes had hardened a little. Thinking about that first fight always put into perspective how woefully underprepared they had been. TALIESIN SO LOOK, AND CONNECT WE'RE REFUSING TO RUST HEALING HAS TO BEGIN IN THE PAST