If it was truly something dangerous, he wanted to know about it, especially with Excelsior potentially returning with people previous to him.
'I need to find out more about this "Foul Brine"—I'm not going to drag my friends and family here just for them to turn into that thing back there. I have nothing else to do right now anyway,' he thought.
An alternate path was taken through the Cerulean Keep as he followed the hammer-headed butler up a spiraling set of stairs, passing by a translucent pillar before arriving at a second floor he hadn't seen yet.
"I haven't seen Bastian today," Emilio remarked.
"Mr. Seraphheart is a busy man. The work he does is invaluable. He's spent countless decades pursuing the Children of Chaos and taking the fight to them–some may call him a workaholic," Consurge told him, "He's constantly on the move–hence why he's earned the nickname 'The Nomad' by those who know him."
