[He makes a wise choice. If there was one thing Hayame disliked (and she disliked many things), it was being looked at as a curiosity. In her own world, even though her race was far outnumbered by humans, ever greedy and ravenous to multiply and expand their territory, she was still normal as a living thing, even though she was often relegated to the status of just-above-beasts.

Here...]

You have chosen an unfortunate place to acquaint yourself.

[Daytime in Alenroux was safe enough, but with the recent movements... Just because she had seen this man at Springstar's meeting did not mean he had chosen Meridian. He could just as easily be a Zenith as he could be someone still sitting on the fence. So when she answers... she does it cautiously.]

I belong to Meridian.

[He doesn't need to know that she trains the military's archers or works under the general Zaman. Not yet, anyway.]

Is it Springstar you need help returning to?