Farrin tapped Archer on the shoulder after his retort to the smart-Alek.  "The kid just used some magic.  He basically turned the air in front of him into a personal mirror.  The magic is odd, I've never seen anything back."  Archer nodded, filing the information away for later.  If Farrin wasn't familiar with the magic who knew what he could do.<br/><br/>Dare's response to Archer's retort was firm, and likely to be followed through if needed.  Archer was perfectly fine to obey.  Dare was definitely used to being the authority figure, and pretty good at it.  Archer nodded his head in Dare's direction, content to step back an listen.<br/><br/>Archer turned toward the girl when she mentioned one of the many elephants in the room.  Archer himself hadn't made such a big fuss about his return and yet apparently everyone and their grandmother knew he had come back.  And brought a girl home with him.  Maybe some other questions, like who the heck wanted to kidnap him, would also be answered here.<br/>Archer turned towards Farrin, "What about that girl back there."  The people who are willing to ask questions are usually worth notice. She turned backward, and her eyes widened slightly.<br/>"God magic, though at a lower level than I've seen it.  My guess is she's a demigod of some sort, or she was blessed by a god.  I'm seeing two kinds of magic so he was most likely blessed by two separate gods.  Keep an eye on her."  Archer's mind thought back to the few gods he had met.  Hopefully her gods were more like Nicholi and less like Xaniff.  Archer had enough of devil worshipers for one lifetime.<br/><br/>As they entered the city, Archer was reminded of the dwarf cities he had visited, with everything being under ground.  Hopefully it was more like Gerand with lots of bright underground caverns and massive carved pillars, and less like Silver Mountain with its claustrophobic tunnels and lack of light.  Either way, since it was underground they could have all sorts of defenses that nobody could see.  Both of his experiences with Dwarf cities had been well defended, and could and had held off a few dragons.  He expected this to be a trait shared with this city.<br/><br/>As they neared the campus, the grizzled war commander asked his question.  Archer was personally interested in this as well.  It would be nice to know how Navi and Sullivan were doing.  What kind of trouble were those two getting into trying to find him and Farrin.  If he could somehow contact them and reassure them that they were ok, that would be great.<br/><br/>As Archer looked around, he saw an extreme lack of defenses.  If this place was supposed to protect him from those men in black, how was it going to do it.  "Hey, Farrin," Archer turned towards her, "what kind of defenses does this place have?"<br/>Farrin turned towards Archer and tilted her head slightly.  "You mean from those suited guys?  I don't see much, but that's besides the point.  Every person here is a skilled fighter of some kind or another.  If someone was to attack this place, they'd have to fight the greatest fighters of hundreds of different worlds.  Unless they got their own army of Heros, they'd be in for one heck of a fight."  Farrin then turned back towards Dare and left Archer to his thoughts.<br/><br/>As he looked around, Archer realized that she was right.  This small group was only new comers, there was probably hundreds of people just like them, all fighters, all experts in their craft, and all capable of kicking butt and taking names.  There had to be some kind of sparing club around here, some place he could do some sparring, a dojo or a fight club of some kind.<br/>"I also have a question, is there any kind of sparring club around here. I'd like to keep my combat skills honed."  Archer called out to Dare. The