Vadym watched Ash, his hand in particular as he kept it in firm contact with the counter. It slowly dawned upon him now that the owner of this shop might in fact be blind or otherwise impaired in his eyesight, but if so the way Ash moved around was admirable. Vadym took a small step backwards to make sure Ash wouldn't accidentally bump into him.

"The Mystic Order ?" it came out of his mouth. Vadym's eyebrows were arched and for a moment he looked at Gaia as if to check if she might know more about it. So far he had considered himself to be a very experienced magic user, but he definitely could not recognize this name.

"No. I have not... What is it ?"

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The gargoyle slowed, then almost abruptly stopped dead in its deep tracks. Hadn't he just heard something ? His feet were producing a rather considerable amount of noise despite his efforts to remain as silent as possible, but his ears were fully devoted to the task of picking up anything suspicious. Nobody was allowed to see him, so detecting any villager's activity in advance was a very important thing.

The beast turned around and just started at the male now in front of him. He was screwed, right ? Well... probably if that guy would start screaming now. Should he silence him ? A dangerous move since Blake seemed to be much faster than he was on his feet.

"Who are you ?" he started questioning. The gargoyle tried to keep his voice low, but still it was more like a rolling thunder. He almost felt stupid for his humble attempt to start a dialogue, but if it worked it could avoid disaster, couldn't it ?