[Rosekitten]

"Relax little one." He finally spoke after she was standing there a few moments. "My hearing is just fine." He glanced at her a moment before letting out a heavy breath. "Something I knew better then to do, whatever damage is done will be recoverable." He seemed to shrug off the fact that he could have just killed himself. Though at the same time he probably knew his limit better then anyone.

He seemed to think for a moment before speaking again to her. "Hrm.. no that should be all of them for this area." Noticing the odd look she gave him at his random answer he figured it was fair to explain himself. "We'll just say my earlier endeavor was to the small fort not far from here. Going off of the numbers there.. this was probably the last of them within reasonable distance to try and get you." Well maybe aside from a few that strayed off or decided that going up against one of the head mages was a bad idea... or rather one of the use to be head mages.

Barely glancing towards the building she had come out of he laughed weakly. "Your friend over there looks worse for wear, just let me know when your done here." He wasn't about to go into that building, the markings and protections on it alone made him a little ill just being near it. Though he never mentioned them to her. Aside from that there was no point in upsetting the already disgruntled elf over there. He could take a good guess as to the expression on his face and how Asui had run out here, as to what his thoughts were on all of this.

It was ok though, in the long run he knew his fate already. The odds he would make it through this whole trip were rather slim. But if he managed to get Asui enough help along the way and to the point where she was ready to fight for her home and prepared to do so... he'd settle for that. The dark arts were hardly spoke of anymore, they were old magic. Most of the clans who had control over such arts were dead or hidden away somewhere. Though the tales of what one could do with such powers were reason enough for people to dislike the dark forms of magic... He could hardly blame anyone who looked down upon it.