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Glad to be forgiven, Bastien gladly took the hand and shook it. "Bastien De Rosieres." His name had begun to sound overly flowery compared to a lot of the names here. Back home it had simply been one of many french names. He made extra care to pronounce it as smoothly as he could, wanting it to sound impressive. Sipping his drink, he smiled at Ronin's news of an 'addition'. He had never wanted children much himself, but he liked to hear of new families beginning. He didn't much care about the barrier; Bastien had never been much of a traveller and there was plenty of room in the circle for him and his associates. He had considered that there might be things beyond it he did not want coming in, anyway. Usually when something so large was erected, there was a reason for it. Still, he didn't want to be arguing with Ronin over even more hypothetical things so he chose a better topic to ask about. "Why are you talking of monsters when you have a child coming? Ah, how exciting. Tell me of it. I would love to hear about some joy in this world." Bastien I am the remedy to your heart