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"That is the curse we suffer for being alive," Liu agreed quietly. Liu groaned softly. Religious people weren't his strong suit. However, if this place has some form of divinity stewarding it, it behooves him to at least try to pry into it. If not a valuable peek into the 'ecosystem' here, it...

Holding the clumps of stone in his hands, pebbles and dust dripping between his finger bones, he paused for a moment and considered Kalina's question. It is one he has not stopped struggling with. Many words and lines of thought were stirred up in his mind. Threads and dust, feeling and reason...

Liu nodded in greeting to the ladies and peered silently at their new companions. To madame Kalina's question, he made a quiet 'hm' in response and nodded once more, confirming, "I think perhaps you are right. It didn't cross my mind, if I'm being honest. I feel a general hesitance toward...

In response to Iberis' information, he turned his face toward the ground, then glanced back over the symbols littered around. "Well, if this place were to trap the souls of anyone in contact with the book, perhaps we will find practitioners. I believe this bodes ill. I am not confident with...

When he found that Viokii was following, he slowed his pace to allow them to remain part of the pack. He nodded toward the construct silently, appreciating the backup. Liu let Ibby down once they arrived and stepped forward a few paces, probing the tall ruins leaning away from them with his...

"I was poisoned," Liu replied diplomatically to the skeletons, "I fought in a great war, my side lost but our enemies were destroyed nonetheless. I went home, and then I was poisoned and died," he looked back toward the fighting. After a vacant moment, he added, "thank you for sharing that...

"I have done quite enough fighting in my life. She likely doesn't need my help. If she did, I can still intervene directly at this range," he explained simply to Bjorn, but in common. Rather than respond to the rogue woman's continued advances, he posed a question to the trio nearby. With his...

Kalina's threat went over incredibly well. Liu sighed, relieved, a solely audible phenomenon but he felt it was earned. Watching the rest of the group surrounding him stir to attention at the arrival of bad guys. Postponing thought about Iberis' suggestions and the skeleton lady's advances both...

"Well, if you would like me to conduct the transportation ritual next time we shall run it by her and let us see what she thinks," he responded to Kalina's prodding. -- Liu snapped out of it once Iberis called and he turned to follow, looking back at the samey vista once more time before...

Liu immediately assented to Iberis' suggestion, adding "I have no complaints. We are bound by mutual understanding and transparency. I have not often had such an agreement, even in life. Furthermore, she has done all of the work until now." He then employed the tactic he had on his last outing...

Liu's response was delayed, peering at the ominous pillar, the book moving on its own. He found it difficult to remain impassive at the visuals, the symbols, all mesmerizing and ethereal. It was in his body language that he was intimidated and bewildered. Getting used to a stable and magical...

"Truly, I do not feel negatively about your appraisal of me. I prefer not to employ this phenomenon; where I come from we have not often employed it, and it is already easy to judge a book by its cover. I imagine it is even more tempting to judge a book by its Table of Contents," he returned...

"Naturally," he responded to her reassurance. Easier said than done. To Auldlich's explanation he offered a solemn nod, ideas flitting through his mind with regard to his obstinant independence. Not socially, or else he would not even be here, rather, he became acutely aware of his wish to be...

Liu inclined his head and shoulders toward the lich. It is an odd figure striding into the room from someone else, but the myriad of forms inhabiting this world are gradually leaving him less and less in awe each time something completely fantastical appears in front of his face. Reassuming his...

"I should meet this person. He is part of the team after all," he affirmed evenly, lowering his lonesome hood over his face and rolling his neck a little so that it relaxed into a good position. He loomed about the middle of the room, holding his gaze toward some corner of the room, away from...

Liu moved his hand to cover his teeth while she spoke, nodding silently. With the other hand, he waved off the beginning of her last paragraph. "Nothing is proofed against a fool, neither in execution by one nor from an assault by one. I recall there is a magical tradition where I come from in...

Liu nodded silently to her request and rose to his full height to follow. Confusedly he looked between the key and the stairs, an odd feeling of being enlightened but unsurprised. He learned also of her being familiar with this area. When they passed through an ominous hallway paneled with a...

"Shall we brief here, or would you prefer to go over this information elsewhere," he asked idly. Now he was resting his chin on his hand. Something about the way she spoke of it made it seem more like a room. In the world, one can travel many places by a continuous line that may be traveled with...

"I am at your service," he bowed his head a little, continuing, "when it comes to art, I employ my skills with maps and representing things as they appear. I cannot depict imaginary things so easily, I am most concerned with appearance, information, or hypostasis. You might say my art is...

Liu stood when seeing her. They stood out as individuals and appeared ominous together, he reckoned, and he hoped it would afford them the public privacy that he came to this place for. Gesturing respectfully toward the chair, he seated at the same time she did and sat straight-backed in his...