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Aran could only smile at Dawn's response, though she seemed a bit wary about Eira, she seemed to have grown to trust the rest a fair amount, at least to allow the rest to travel with her, he could only guess that she had seen the flash of memory about his sister's rather gruesome end, his smile turned slightly more bitter as the image of his older sister appeared again in his mind, shortly after, however, the image of his younger sister appeared, smiling, this calmed him down a bit.[i][/i]

[i]"Miss Dawn, I'm not sure if you can choose to read to someone's past, but would you please stay out of mind?"[/i] he thought, fully knowing Dawn was in his mind. [i]"It's more of a warning for you than for me, my life is quite dotted with tragedies like these and they are things I would rather keep secret if it is ok with you."[/i]

"Then no worries, even if someone is stupid enough to attack us, I'm fairly sure we'd be able to handle them, I mean, my gift is quite powerful and even so, my size alone would be a good enough deterrent to a fair amount of people, I mean, more than half my patients were scared of me when they first looked at my mug, but once my job was done, they'd be so happy and thankful... it's a hard job, this job of mine, but it's a rewarding one!" he said, as images of various patients of his after their surgeries, most thanking him that they were able to save them, or a person thanking them on their behalf, this made him feel at least a bit better.

"And I imagine we'd serve as quite good protection as well!" Aran chuckled, continuing Overreach's thoughts. "I mean, a pyromancer and a seven foot tall, muscled guy would serve as quite good protection and as I've already said, a fairly good deterrent against any misguided or desperate raider." he said smiling at the wheelchair bound man. "It's ok, I know what I am and I know what my student/daughter here is and what both of us are capable of!"

"Oooh, I do not mind being called father!" he said to Eira smiling a tad too proudly. "I mean, I think it'd be a bit late for me to have kids, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to leave my legacy to this world here, one way or another." he said. "And if not through Eira here, then at least through my future nephews or nieces!" he said, his smile starting to broaden as he thought of the concept of a future nephew or niece.

However, his smile died down as Dawn mentioned the individual approaching them. Out of instinct, he activated his gift and briefly allowed a large amount of electricity to surge through his hands before he calmed down. "Be ready, you three, it could be someone friendly, but to be honest I don't think that any of us are lucky enough to meet another person who will not shoot us on sight." Aran spoke, wary of whoever might be approaching, random killers were common through the wastes, but his senses told him that the person approaching them was not just a random killer, but a more... dangerous individual.