"Hmmm, I see" Iskandar nods. Whatever hope he held for hearing that yes, they won, and all had been resolved at last, is thwarted by her answer. "So it is not over. I suppose it is too much for one to wish that the matters resolved themselves propitiously in their absence."

He is glad though for companionship. To have shared the same Master already makes them allies in his eyes, and allies are always precious. Here maybe even more than anywhere else.

"This is place that takes some time getting used to. Nothing like any I have previously visited. Not even the ones with Master of Chaldea."