"You did?" He wondered who spoke of him, the others, perhaps. He had trouble thinking of himself as notable, and the others were just as useful, if not more so, in the battles waged in the Academy basement. "Ah, there were beasts, there, some of which I have never seen, but nothing too dangerous. The shard, it seemed, opened a rift when it exploded, eons ago."

"Two years?" Was the implication his friend had left? He should pay more attention to the network, it would seem. He cast his gaze across the sands and the waters beyond, giving Watts a nod. "Indeed. You know, it is the first coast I've seen, at least with such beaches. I have heard of sands like them, but never before have I seen them firsthand."