[ He means it. It's been a while, but this is not the first young girl who has been very serious about protecting him, and even if she weren't, he isn't the type to talk down to children. His own apprentices were maybe even a little younger than she is when they came into his care; he can clearly remember the solemnity on their little faces, chubby and sweet, barely out of toddlerhood. ]
But let's hope nothing scary comes. You're already doing a lot.
[ Speaking of which...
He glances back, but can't see anything — or anyone — else in the hall. Wherever that knocking sound had come from, it seems to have vanished, or maybe simply have moved on. ]
The companion bots? Those are those strange metal creatures, right?
[ They look a little like some smaller type of Nevron, but don't act anything like them. ]
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[ He means it. It's been a while, but this is not the first young girl who has been very serious about protecting him, and even if she weren't, he isn't the type to talk down to children. His own apprentices were maybe even a little younger than she is when they came into his care; he can clearly remember the solemnity on their little faces, chubby and sweet, barely out of toddlerhood. ]
But let's hope nothing scary comes. You're already doing a lot.
[ Speaking of which...
He glances back, but can't see anything — or anyone — else in the hall. Wherever that knocking sound had come from, it seems to have vanished, or maybe simply have moved on. ]
The companion bots? Those are those strange metal creatures, right?
[ They look a little like some smaller type of Nevron, but don't act anything like them. ]
How do they work, do you know?