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[locumstudentesquire]

Hello!?!?!!??

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[sageguidance]

[ Not long after Ryunosuke makes his network post... Hewwo. ]

If I may have a moment of your time... You mind not if I contact you through more private means, no?

[locumstudentesquire]

Hm? No no, of course not. Go ahead, I'm all ears. Er... That is...

[All... brains?]

...Y-you know. In a manner of speaking.

[sageguidance]

In a manner of speaking.

[ Heh. Yeah, it's weird, but so's everything else. ]

I felt it improper to speak of your condition where all can... hear, [ you know, in a manner of speaking ] but I wanted to see how you fared. You are in relative safety now?

[locumstudentesquire]

A-ah yes, that--

[Ryunosuke might come off as a teeny bit flustered at the notion that he's caused anyone concern, even if he also appreciates the gesture.]

Yes... Rand and I made it back to the Lodestone, using one of those peculiar amulets. As for me...

[The thought trails off, hesitant of accidentally conveying some of the very real angst he was feeling over this.]

Well... I think the feeling is starting to come back. Walking is still beyond me, though.

[sageguidance]

Even a slight sensation is still progress.

You need only time, then. Pray, give it time, and with luck you shall be upon your own two feet again.

[locumstudentesquire]

[There's a vague surge of anxiety at that, but he doesn't comment on it. He just hopes Alphinaud is right.]

Thank you... Are you still in Venera at the moment? That... thing hasn't shown up again, has it?

[sageguidance]

Aye. 'Tis my intention to remain here in Venera to aid its people who suffered that being's influence. I've not seen sign of it since, but I believe we both have reason to think it will not be making a return just yet.

[locumstudentesquire]

[A mental sigh of agreement.]

We certainly do...

[...]

Those parting words... What do you think it meant?

[sageguidance]

[ Hm... ]

Would that I had any certainty, but to speak true... I know not. What we do know is that this is not the last we will hear of it.

[locumstudentesquire]

No, I suppose not... But it sounded to me like it... Expects us to do something in the time before it returns. I just don't see how we're supposed to do that when we don't even know what that 'something' is...