He gave her a grin, and bumped his shoulder against hers, though once she moved off, he frowned and brooded. He jerked as Amelia spoke, as if he had been deep in thought and forgotten about her. "I am honestly not sure. But I think... this world is near some sort of tipping point, where it could go any which way, including some that are EXTREMELY bad, and the... lets call them higher beings, are desperately pulling in others to try and either tip it a certain way, or trying to avoid a certain tipping.<br/><br/>Honestly, that is why I work with the dragons, Aurelia is older and much smarter and exceedingly wiser than me. I am just a soldier that has been exceptionally good at killing things and not dying. I can grasp concepts easily enough, my... accelerated control of magic is proof enough of that, but when it requires a complete retooling of reference points, I get lost. She and her daughter Meridia have been dealing with that kind of problem for a long time, and Sapphire is just as adept at it, but more willing to get her hands dirty than they are."