—I have, yes. ( like some admission of a secret, though without the confident authority of someone who knows the full extent of what he speaks on. he doesn't know what this supposed 'barrier' does, how far it can go to affect them, and that's not including the understanding of what all these people he's encountering are capable of... a meager tone matches the extent of his reply.

so. she's going to project her mind out and probe the possible sentience of the world. no idea how long it will last, what it will do, what she will find, and above all, she may likely suffer severe physical ailments in response.

okay. )

All right. Where will you be? If I can do nothing more than just...be there, then it's the least I can do. Perhaps if those shadows come prowling around. ( not that he's felt exactly like some gladiator for evading and luring them off, but hey, so far, so good. )

And...I'm just realizing, I don't think we've introduced ourselves yet. ( it would probably help, right? )