Thomas reached the door of his apartment building and began punching in his entry code. The buttons beeped slightly as he hit them, and once he'd entered his code they lit up and beeped one final time before the lock on the door deactivated. Thomas opened the door and looked back, saying politely, "After you."<br/><br/><br/>Ylik took a peek outside and saw that there were more of the beasts. He slumped back down and cursed himself for a fool for not fleeing while he could. Fortunately he was not tired in the slightest, in his realm the sun shone for thirty-six hours straight, and it was mid-morning when he was banished. He closed his eyes and began to focus his energies, quieting his mind, and channeling his Mana throughout his body so he may have it ready when he needed it. This was the proper method of charging, and the more he did this the more Mana he could attain from the world around him, but it typically took weeks to make even a slight difference in the overall amount of Mana he could control, plus his age slowed down the process. 'This could be quiet problematic...' Ylik thought silently, a perturbed look on his face as he continued to charge, 'I do not like the thought of fighting things I know naught about, but I have no love for the position the path of non-violence yields me... I cannot risk fighting using my arts, it leaves me far too vulnerable in the hours that follow, I must find a weapon, but therein lies the dilemma: I do not know what the weapons of this realm look like, nor do I know if I could discover the way of operating a weapon should I stumble upon it. This world, it is strange to me... These things, did they eliminate life here, or are they the ones who built all of this?'<br/><br/>Ylik's eyes fluttered as the mystical essence coursed through his body. He crossed his legs as he sat and rested his hands on his knees so the palms faced the ceiling. Ylik was aware of his surroundings, it was as if he were watching the entire store all at once, memorizing every nook, every spot that could hide both him and potential enemies. He continued thinking to himself, trying to make sense of this strange world, but the things he had seen in the short time he was here had baffled him, and that was no mean feat. 'Mayhap at suns rise these beasts will depart, then I might find something of use. I do hope that the citizens of this world do not wish me ill, their deaths would mean little being that I have not my laboratory to put their corpses to use in my studies...'