Ivan shrugged.<strong><br/>"We can't know if we're strong enough, because we don't know who it is we're facing",</strong>he said calmly.<strong>"So I feel it's best to find out. And whatever happens, the cherub shall return...and if anything happens, I count on you to summon as many blood apes as you need to avenge us".</strong><br/>He bowed, and went to his sleeping place. From there, he gathered a simple upper garment, the one that he'd ran from his birth town with. It was non-descript, and didn't advertise him as who he was.<br/>Which was exactly what was needed.<br/>He wasn't going to need it until later in the evening, of course - time was still hot. But he rolled it, put it in his bag, and looked expectantly at Bound.<strong><br/>"I'm ready to go whenever you are. Shall we catch a boat on the Chickpea?"</strong>