Quill asked a few more questions.
All were a little more personalized.
All were humanizing Vale.
But it was eventually time for Vale to justify exposing his Trait like this. Casting a slight gaze at Grady, he said:
"I have not been in this world long. And nearly all of my time has been spent inside this dungeon trying to survive." Vale's eyes drifted to Quill. "What I'd like to ask is about the world."
Quill quizzically tilted her head.
"I'm sorry, but that was very broad. What exactly do you want to know?"
Looking off to the side, Vale scratched his chin.
"I guess what I'm asking is: Akkuron and Celestia. All I know about them is that they are powerful nations splitting control of a single continent… but why do they dislike each other?"
The obvious reasons were dominance and avarice, but did people really have time for a war when the world was dying? Were such things truly more important than defending the world?
"I see…"
