[color=#0050ff][b]"I agree Zolya is at fault, her design hid the fact that things were about to go haywire up until the point we no longer had time to avoid it."[/b][/color] Raudd replied to Zolya's teasing making sure to do so at the exact moment she was stuffing her mouth with a potato cake she practically used as a spoon for the sauce. Her reaction was priceless as her tried to look angry at Raudd with her cheeks stuffed with food, bringing out a grin on Raudd's side.

Watching Yue wolf down her food was while satisfying a little bit concerning. Seemed like the girl had been missing a couple of meals over the course of the last day... Well, it was quite the hectic day to be sure, and it wasn't like they hadn't skipped lunch either.

Her question on the interactions of sword song with tinker made items made Zolya shift her focus from her plate towards Archer's answer, and even Raudd had to admit a minor amount of curiosity for what the man was about to tell them. However the explanation as he feared fell flat quite a bit, causing Raudd to gain a bit of glare from Zolya urging him to speak up.

After quickly swallowing the last bit of the poached egg Raudd obliged the request. [color=#0050ff][b]"First of all, welcome to my world, tinkers, mages, heck in general powers are just bullshit. I put them into three categories, those that bend the laws of physics, those that break the laws of physics, and magic. Funnily enough that second category and the third look practically the same to me. So it might not be a stretch of the imagination that if something looks similar to magic some of it might be similar enough to interact with mana."

"And that's ignoring the fact that every human could make items which are magical to a very minor degree. Weapons forged through ritualistic methods, good luck charms crafted with care, heirloom items passed through the generations. Belief, tradition, and will, either during it's creation or during the lifetime of an object can make them gain a spark of magic, I don't see any reason why tinker made items should be excluded from that, when I've had a fair share of modern technological items screaming at me in ways that magic does."[/b][/color] He finished quite dryly before cleaning scraping the last crumbs of potato and sauce from his bowl leaving Yue to stare into the void.

[color=#018c3b][b]"I'd have to agree with Archer, it's best not to think too much about it all. In that way it's worse than quantum physics, at least there every answer only leads to five new unanswered questions."[/b][/color]

Just after Yue snagged another handful of latkes from the plate Raudd bagged a load of them up and gave them to Archer. [color=#0050ff][b]"They're even better after reheating. Just chuck them into the oven for a bit and they'll go even crunchier on the outside and fluffier on the inside."[/b][/color] He mentioned with the assumption that Archer and Yue were gonna spend the next evening topside. The remainder of the potato cakes went plate and all into the fridge, good for a side dish later.

Meanwhile Zolya had already put on her cloak and grabbed her spellbook from her room, making herself busy to gather enough rides for them all. [color=#018c3b][b]"Yue dear, do you know how to ride a horse?.. Actually I'm pretty sure keeping up with the stags on foot would barely be an exercise for you."[/b][/color] She asked from just outside the door where four stags had decided to gather, and had begun dining on some of the overgrown vegetation.