[Estinien's brow lifts slightly, is interest obviously piqued by the fact that she is also familiar with dragons. He just mentioned them out of habit, but it occurred to him after hearing her response that there was no guarantee she'd be familiar... dragons aren't even originally from his world, after all. He wonders if they've faced a kinder fate elsewhere.
He falls silent initially, pondering what she's said. Why them is an interesting question. It's certainly something he has experienced a precedent for.]
...I've met a man who summoned strangers between realms just as suddenly, all while searching for a hero to save his dying land. Yet, that was to avert a calamity, not in the wake of one. And from what I heard, he welcomed his unwilling guests much more kindly.
[His shifts his shoulder uncertainly.]
I was told that those pulled to his realm were, in part, a mistake... claimed on account of their connection to the hero he did intend to summon, rather than their own merits. It could be the same... that someone here is searching for something.
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He falls silent initially, pondering what she's said. Why them is an interesting question. It's certainly something he has experienced a precedent for.]
...I've met a man who summoned strangers between realms just as suddenly, all while searching for a hero to save his dying land. Yet, that was to avert a calamity, not in the wake of one. And from what I heard, he welcomed his unwilling guests much more kindly.
[His shifts his shoulder uncertainly.]
I was told that those pulled to his realm were, in part, a mistake... claimed on account of their connection to the hero he did intend to summon, rather than their own merits. It could be the same... that someone here is searching for something.