From the bar, Alain notices the staff shrinking and distorting, and the man looking around the room with the avid interest of a newcomer. The distrust of magic he learned well in life has faded a lot here, but there are still remnants of it. And that sort of magic, at least, is much more like Mid-World's than many at Milliways.
Worth keeping an eye on him either way, perhaps, in help for a new person or in monitoring a magician.
So he smiles politely at the older man, and says, "Long days and pleasant nights, sai."
But Alain is less pessimistic than some of his friends, and so he says nothing, and only returns the smile crookedly. "Mysterious, oh aye. There's much to occupy a philosopher here."
"So it would seem," Prospero says. A tiny little smile, dagger-sharp at the edges, scratches at his face. "I see that this shall be a rewarding holiday.
From the bar, Alain notices the staff shrinking and distorting, and the man looking around the room with the avid interest of a newcomer. The distrust of magic he learned well in life has faded a lot here, but there are still remnants of it. And that sort of magic, at least, is much more like Mid-World's than many at Milliways.
Worth keeping an eye on him either way, perhaps, in help for a new person or in monitoring a magician.
So he smiles politely at the older man, and says, "Long days and pleasant nights, sai."
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But Alain is less pessimistic than some of his friends, and so he says nothing, and only returns the smile crookedly. "Mysterious, oh aye. There's much to occupy a philosopher here."
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