"Yeah, recon. Something like that," he responded to Sam's question. He was less than surprised to see all of the table's former occupants follow after him, and he would be lying if he said it didn't put his mind at ease. The extra backup was nice, but he could tell most of them were new, and this gave him a chance to show them the ropes, and keep them out of harm's way. Granted, they were going to be closer to danger than usual by following after him, but at least he could keep an eye on them much easier this way.<br/><br/>"Name's Ayl Taveirn," he said simply as he pushed open the doors leading into the stairway. He walked up to the first floor of the building and stepped over to the door leading outside. Rather than open it, however, he turned around to face the group. "Now if you kiddos are gonna tag along, I don't want to hear any fighting," he said with a smirk. He was joking with the 'kiddos' comment, of course, but he couldn't help teasing them, especially considering the height difference between them and himself; even the tallest of the three was about half a foot shorter than him.<br/><br/>He turned around and gently set a hand on the door, inching it open very slowly. When it was opened just a crack, he pressed his face up against it and peered outside. Seeing nothing, he opened it a bit further and poked his head out, sweeping the area for signs of anything. After looking everywhere (including up) and determining there was nobody in the immediate area, he pushed the door the rest of the way open, holding it and motioning for everybody to step outside. "Can never be too careful," he said, as an explanation for his actions. Once they were all out in the open, Ayl let go of the door and crossed his arms, stepping in front of the group and looking at each of them in turn. "Now before we go any further, I need to get a picture of what you guys do and don't know. First off, how long have you all been Hunters? I trust all of you know who and what the Silencers are?"