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"Iron ores?"
"So we can use the Smithy…" he said, thumb pointing at one of the buildings.
"..."
It was here that the newcomers really absorbed the new place. They got so distracted with their old friends that they failed to realize they were surrounded by several buildings instead of one.
"Yeah, the place really got so big…" Marcus gasped. He was surprised to see the roads; he didn't think actual buildings would pop up.
Leiah nodded. "I still hadn't absorbed it until now, in fact."
"How long were we away, again?"
At this point, they were already questioning their own memories and their own sense of time.
The new ones were also looking around, and they spread out to study the place. They literally toured the territory, entering where they could, marveling at the sight.
