[h2]Marxello Catchanale[/h2]
Bart was back, then? He'd wondered where the man had been earlier. The Knight nodded at the request to help set up the tents, and moved to assist the guild leader; he had experience with setting up tents in the wild, since he'd often needed them to survive more vicious nightly environments... he'd leave any jokes along the lines of tent-making to Syszi.

'The request went well, actually,' Mark chatted as he began putting up the poles for one of the tents. He could just use magic for that, but then why bother with enhancing his own physical strength? 'It turns out a human had the wrong idea of how monsters work, and promptly decided cannibalising others was an appropriate response. Something about a real man not needing anyone else's help to survive? He's in a cell in Ambran now, if he hasn't been executed already, and his would-be victim is safe and sound.' But as for how many people they had... he'd honestly lost count. Aside from Syszi and himself, there was Tue and her Living Doll, as well as the three people he'd listed... on the note of Magnus, he also recalled the other male monster, the Viera, and since they were discussing anomalies, whatever Bast was as well.

'I think we have at least nine people around,' he concluded, 'not including your fine self, Bart. Speaking of whom, do you mind if I ask what you've been doing? You weren't around when we first showed up, is all.'