amount of bodies. The obvious display? The vast majority of them were Emerites. Not his 'stagehands'.

Lyney isn't trying to hide his vision though and neither were his siblings that accompanied him. It should be obvious they can hold their own.

"Would you like to ride at the front of the caravan with me? I can make sure you don't get jumped further. The presence of a new person with injuries would also distress my crew. I'd rather not have that."

Leaning on him or not, Lyney leads the way out, past a rather concerning +

Ah- it would be quite difficult to explain why he couldn't let him sit in the back. The ooperatives may be out of uniform on this mission but a lot of their weapons still sat in the back of the cart, hidden from view of any who weren't directly back there. Hm. Have to figure this out. +

"Make no mistake, I wasn't attempting to make any remark regarding your feebleness. You're quite injured, though, and that's worrying. Don't strain yourself. If you need a shoulder to lean on, I've got you."

It would be easier to do this and make sure he took care of the other until he was... +

first as he begins to roll forward, tipping the hat with him. With a full 360° rotation complete, the blonde young man appears as the cat shifts forms once more, ending his roll with a spring into the standing position. Turning to bow to the other.

"I'm not as delicate as you think.~" Wink.

just attempted to jump my troupe as well, so we fought them. I figured there's a chance they had hurt other people, so I didn't want to risk leaving without checking."

The technical truth, not a full lie.

"Are you able to stand? We should get you to a doctor."

any of their employees hostage.

That's not the case, he finds, but instead stumbles upon a blonde man looking quite bruised and beaten. A rather bloody display.

Lyney walks over and crouches down, undoing the man's binds with a bit of...'magic' that he learned.

"I'm not one of them. They +

is jumped by a group of Emirites, who Lyney wastes no time dispatching. It's just self defense, he says. It was all to keep his family safe, he claims. Anything to help him deal with the blood on his hands.

Might as well search their stuff since they're here. Maybe they might've taken +

The ooperatives and directions on this mission were simple; Lyney was meant to lead and guide a team through the desert, to Sumeru, as part of their magic act. This act was a cover up for what the Fatui would actually be doing, checking in on their operations here.

Unfortunately, their band +

/ Thank ya!

/ Thanks for the welcome! I really gotta get back into the RP groove here...

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