Floor 5, Room 3

[leewards]

ITHAQUA

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[lighthaus]

[ a light almost laugh. ]

I've never been either of those or anything analogous. But I still take care of both my skills and my body.

[leewards]

Which is to your advantage-- I believe not having grown up too reliant on magic helps people. If you can simply do everything you wish with magic, what is the point of rising from your seat?

[Ithaqua doesn't like to be complacent, is what he means.]

[lighthaus]

[ it's true, even if that's not the reason he was raised this way. ]

You seem to have everything figured out, Ithaqua.

[leewards]

I say it as I see it. [He dragged Solomon from the tent all the way to the beach while suffering from heat exhaustion. Him, with limbs the width of twigs. He may be a monster with a strength no one can imagine but still.]

And what I see here in this world is fairly simple to understand.

[lighthaus]

[ he takes another sip of his coffee, long, and drains it dry. ]

And next is the West's turn. Two successful missions: North, South. Two questionable returns: East, Central.

I think where we'll end up is simple too.

[leewards]

[Ithaqua's nose wrinkles when he's reminded that the Western wizards are the ones who have yet to undertake something dangerous. He'll need to find something to help Urianger, and quickly.]

Hmm. If the members are alive and their pieces of the moon have been dealt with, that's enough to be considered successes as well.

[But they can't all be so easy as the Northern mission.]

[lighthaus]

[ khun reconsiders briefly. he supposes east was just a mess in a different way, but as far as central goes- ]

I don't think Akira returning possessed can be counted in the same bracket as your return.

[leewards]

That incident garners no sympathy from me. [Said primly, just before he takes a sip of his tea again.]

And now, given that we're all far more informed than before, avoiding similar problems will be far easier.

[lighthaus]

Sympathy? [ that's funny. ] I would have killed him if I had my way.

[ and he knows he's not the only one. ]

I don't expect us to have problems either way.

[leewards]

[Honestly, Ithaqua wasn't aware that that was what had happened at the time, he just knows the aftermath and learned the rest afterwards. But he definitely would have killed the boy himself if he'd known. Anyone who gets possessed doesn't have enough of a sense of their own self.]

You had better expect some combat, then, but I'm sure you haven't any complaints about that.

[lighthaus]

[ looks at persona protags. ]

Of course not, it's weirder not to be tested on it. [ this place has been so chill compared to exams in the tower... ]

I think all of us have experience in that besides one? [ he has no idea about leo but he assumes jing yuan will just scruff leo along so it's fine. ]

[leewards]

Well, you shall just have to make up for that lack.

[He says that without a lick of sympathy.]

[lighthaus]

Obviously. [ he doesn't sound bothered by it, it's same old same old as far as he goes. Nor is the type of person to feel like he needs to prove himself to anyone, his standards are high, but they're for himself. ]

Anyway, thanks for the bread. [ he stands up to leave, but he had to say that first. ]

[leewards]

You needn't mention it. [Truly, he did not.]

[lighthaus]

But I did~. [ it's less about formalities and more about poking fun.

but the bread was good so he likely would have anyway!

and with that khun leaves with a lazy wave. ]