Hah, that's true. We're all pretty far from home here.

[Languidly, he slid off the edge of the balcony. The drop was about two stories, which was high for the normal person to just casually jump, but the Elders had spent years fine-tuning his body to endure all sorts of horrors and agonies, so a bit of achy knees when landing heavily didn't even register.

He straightened up from the low squat he'd landed in, looming over Yüshia - unintentionally, really. His default state was looming.]

But, y'know, how someone acts when in 'unusual circumstances' reveals a lot about them.