NukEncore couldn't tell whether she was afraid everything would fall apart if they met in real life, or whether something else about the idea was bothering her. Her fingers brushed lightly over her sleeve before she made herself stop. She chose not to dwell on it for long and changed the subject instead.
As soon as they reached Robert's smithy, the blacksmith gave them bad news.
"Haha! No idea where he is! If you players can't find him anywhere, he might be inside the Light Tree's dungeon, supervising someone!" Robert said, laughing as heartily as ever.
Martin nodded. "Yeah. That tracks."
"That's possible?" NukEncore asked, one brow lifting in interest.
"Yep." Martin recalled how Rangar had explained the lore behind beasts in this world when he first acquired Ao Tenshin's egg.
It was still a memory he looked back on warmly, especially now that he could spot a much larger Ao Tenshin swimming in the river by Robert's smithy.
"Oh!" NukEncore exclaimed.
