[Alphinaud accepts the silent invitation, though his body language suggests he's still on edge. It's not directed toward Sorey, but he's slow to trust in general. He wants to believe in the good in people, truly, he does. But that quality is what led to people taking advantage of him and betraying his people from the inside.

He can't shake the weight of his fallen Braves that easily.]

I... I handled it. Whether I handled it well is difficult to say.

[He's brand new and doesn't have many friends. It sure is a Thing.]

Scarcely five years ago did a cursed moon devastate my world--- not unlike that meteor. Though I have faced those demons and vanquished them, still the reminder unnerves me beyond belief. I found myself wondering if the dread wyrm himself would rise from the ashes again.