"Hm, not powerful enough, apparently," his smile is more genuine than it likely appears as he steps inside, "You've eluded me once already. And you've left something important behind." Those two things aren't actually connected, as far as Ereuvir knows, but he's not certain. "This interests me, and I had to come see you for myself."
He looks around the room and at Arkady himself,
"I have to admit, this is not what I was expecting." There's no judgement whatsoever in his tone, it's simply a statement of fact.
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"Hm, not powerful enough, apparently," his smile is more genuine than it likely appears as he steps inside, "You've eluded me once already. And you've left something important behind." Those two things aren't actually connected, as far as Ereuvir knows, but he's not certain. "This interests me, and I had to come see you for myself."
He looks around the room and at Arkady himself,
"I have to admit, this is not what I was expecting." There's no judgement whatsoever in his tone, it's simply a statement of fact.