[Though he doesn’t speak with haste — Liem is coming to suspect that haste is a rarity for D — the strange dhampir seems confident when he gives his answer. Whatever he has been noting as he observes Springstar and its people, the city seems to agree with him. Or, perhaps he is simply too attached to the place he left behind to consider abandoning it, even if it means remaining in a place so inherently unsuited to one such as him.

Liem’s reason for staying here had been a little bit of both, but even so, it is strange to encounter a creature so obviously suited to the dark of night and to hear him say that he intends to stay here, where the only “night” is a slight dimming of the light during the time when one of the city’s twin suns eclipses the other.]

Why is that? Zenith would certainly welcome you. You will make things harder for yourself, choosing to live in a place like this.

[Liem could say the same, but fair’s fair; he wants to hear D’s reasoning, too.]