[h2][center][b][color=ed1c24]Novak[/color][/b][/center][/h2]
Enli noticed Misaki's interest in the scrolls and offered to let her look through them.  Novak was a bit curious about them himself, but could he even read the script they were written in?  The people of this new world seemed to speak his language- or was it he who gained the knowledge speak [i]their[/i] language?  Was his knowledge of the language of his previous, forgotten life lost and replaced with this world's language?  If so, did it extend to comprehension of written text as well?  He supposed that the only to know for sure would be to try and read some of the texts.  He could do that later, however, because for now the more pressing issue was to respond to the man's offer to let them stay in the village.

[color=ed1c24]"Thank you sir, we are grateful for your hospitality,"[/color] Novak responded.  [color=ed1c24]"Like my companion said, we were very fortunate to have been brought here."[/color]

Akando suggested that they could help with the town's problems that both he and Enli had previously alluded to.  The chief, however, shot the idea down, not wanting to involve the trio.  Novak wasn't entirely sure it was out of distrust of outsiders or the notion that asking guests to risk their lives on the host town's behalf would constitute very poor hospitality.  Perhaps it was a bit of both.

[color=ed1c24][i]They mentioned the Kyrinth again.  Was that thing we killed not the actual Kyrinth?[/i][/color]

[color=ed1c24]"If I may, sirs,"[/color] Novak spoke up, [color=ed1c24]"If that monster is any indication of the problems you're facing, then as long as we're here it's our problem too.  The threat to your town is a threat to your guests, as well as anyone else in the region who might have the misfortune to catch this Kyrinth's attention."[/color]

Novak's motivation to help was indeed partially out of self-interest due to the fact that they would be affected by the local problems as long as they stayed here, but he also wanted to help these people.  He wasn't sure how he could help, but perhaps he could learn how, and anything was better than cowering in a hut every time another monster came to terrorize the town.

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