"You have my sympathy. Even if not your own, war is a truly awful thing to endure." And twice, gods. He looked slightly surprised when she asked for the formality to be dropped. Yet he understood. If anything, it was his upbringing which made usage of the term easy. She was a knight, no matter what world she was in, therefore the title had come.
But she'd implicitly requested he didn't. So he merely nodded, walking on a few paces before turning again. If anything, the streets seemed quite safe. The populace milling about, showing no weaponry on their persons, no armor, no distant shouts of any arguments seemed to suggest so. Yet he stayed wary. It was too much of a habit to not. As they entered the residential area, the crowds appeared to filter out. This area was quite different from the first district they had visited, less flashy for one, and he gazed up at one of the apartment blocks, his mouth parting.
...That was a huge building.
He seemed to catch himself, turning back around to respond. . "Thank you, Saber. I admit, everything here is strange. It is almost surreal, I cannot believe I am seeing half of this..." But as strange as it was, it seemed to have the same basic purpose as what he knew. The buildings were different, but they were buildings. The shops he'd glimpsed were entirely different from the markets he was accustomed to, but they sold wares just the same. The roads were paved, but they were still roads. he people dressed quite... strangely (by the standards he was used to) but they were still civilians. He couldn't grasp the intricacies, not yet - like why streetlights existed or why the place was so ...odd looking, but it didn't matter.
Not yet, anyway. He hadn't tried living in it yet. That, and his concerns, for the moment, revolved around two things, the first being the situation back in Altea (which she wouldn't have the first idea about, of course not) and second being what exactly the letter had meant by depleting energy.
"...But I am grateful for your offer. I understand the network device. A man inside the first building explained it to me - and I believe I can use it to contact you. If there is something I cannot understand, I will use it to ask you. Is that well with you?"
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But she'd implicitly requested he didn't. So he merely nodded, walking on a few paces before turning again. If anything, the streets seemed quite safe. The populace milling about, showing no weaponry on their persons, no armor, no distant shouts of any arguments seemed to suggest so. Yet he stayed wary. It was too much of a habit to not. As they entered the residential area, the crowds appeared to filter out. This area was quite different from the first district they had visited, less flashy for one, and he gazed up at one of the apartment blocks, his mouth parting.
...That was a huge building.
He seemed to catch himself, turning back around to respond.
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"Thank you, Saber. I admit, everything here is strange. It is almost surreal, I cannot believe I am seeing half of this..." But as strange as it was, it seemed to have the same basic purpose as what he knew. The buildings were different, but they were buildings. The shops he'd glimpsed were entirely different from the markets he was accustomed to, but they sold wares just the same. The roads were paved, but they were still roads. he people dressed quite... strangely (by the standards he was used to) but they were still civilians. He couldn't grasp the intricacies, not yet - like why streetlights existed or why the place was so ...odd looking, but it didn't matter.
Not yet, anyway. He hadn't tried living in it yet. That, and his concerns, for the moment, revolved around two things, the first being the situation back in Altea (which she wouldn't have the first idea about, of course not) and second being what exactly the letter had meant by depleting energy.
"...But I am grateful for your offer. I understand the network device. A man inside the first building explained it to me - and I believe I can use it to contact you. If there is something I cannot understand, I will use it to ask you. Is that well with you?"