"You're not dead?" The first sentence Colin said almost angered Malin to death.
But then he thought—of course not. In the space of one day and one night, he'd taken two 'flights,' survived two 'airship disasters,' one to the North and one back. Especially the second time, the Divine Envoy's face had turned ghastly pale, presumably upon discovering the Evil God's actions. By all accounts, any individual with even a smidge of normal luck would've died outright.
Yet not only had Malin not become a casualty, he returned to Carterburg carrying a Firearm that Chaos had used.
What was more fatal was that he appeared out of thin air in front of the Church's entrance.
So Malin understood why Colin arrived at the gate fully armed with a group of people—given the situation, he too would have armed himself to the teeth before daring to stand at the gate.
