Ascot looked back at Odepius before saying, "Shut up. I am not listening to you; and just for that, I am wrapping your beak up...again." And with that, the silvery-white ambrosia washed over the beak of Odepius' transformed form, and then wrapped around it once more, forming a gag. He would then turn to Michael and say:

"Thanks, officer, I can use the help carrying him. Anyway, my name is William Ascot; what is yours'?" A scan of Michael's face; the guy looked friendly enough. "Anyway, even with the two of us, we won't be able to restrain this guy forever, especially if we get attacked by monsters. And speaking of getting attacked, I know you don't want to hear this, but this...person might be useful to us."

He turned towards Odepius again and said, "Right now, you are a load. I do not want to kill restrained prisoners, and no one of us wants to do so, I think. That does not change the fact that we are not having anyone betray the group, because like it or not, we are a party."

Ascot then began flying forwards, Michael might take that as his cue to carry the restrained Odepius. Then, Ascot would say, "Everyone, let's talk while walking! As we are presumably stuck together unless some of us want to go off on their own, I need to know a few things." He would purse his lips as a breeze blew on his now-snow-white hair.

"One, what abilities do you sense in yourselves? Saffron says he's as strong as the Earth, and the stone fists he just manifested are evidence that he is telling the truth. Two, what skills do you have, non-magical ones?" Ascot found that he was more assertive than usual today as he continued flying towards Silverbrook.

"Three," the harder questions, "If we turned out to have been lied to, if the Ghost Girl and her people have an agenda that makes us their pawns, and this is all part of a plan to, for example, destroy the Universe, we need a way to find out. So, once we get to Silverbrook, can someone ask the other villagers about The Magician? We also need to get acquinted with current events in Iriss, like, say, murders or coups or changes in whatever powerful entity is in power? We also need to know who the most powerful head honcho here is."

A thought, "Oh, and we also need to watch out for stalkers! Because someone stalking or following us is a common fantasy plot element!"

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