[The dhampir nods along, absorbing the information. He personally still would like to set Thorne on fire a little bit, or at least Ambrose, for imprisoning him, but it is reassuring that they're being nice to some people. Not that he's going to say that part out loud. He's getting better at detecting when he's going to open his mouth and sound like an asshole.]

That's...actually quite nice. [Okay, so he can't take all the surprise out of his voice.] But healing and fire makes sense. Fire boils water for sterilizing material, you can run a needle through a flame if you're in a bad situation, and there is always cauterizing wounds.

[He takes a step or two into the little pathway that circles the statue. The angle changes, and as he glances down, there's...paper? Weird.

driving home and running to the grocery store back in about 30 minutes]