Yeah, good point... I hate to admit it, but I'm in a pretty tight spot.

[If anything does happen, he's kind of screwed. Alexei's gone, Rita's not around, and the spirits he suspected might be helping it keep going aren't here either. And to top it all off, not a soul around seems to have heard of aer or blastia.

Even if he teaches this guy everything he knows, can he really help? He supposes he'll never know unless he tries.]

Let's get outta here first, then we'll talk. What's your name?