Zach waited a few hours as he let Derot sleep before tapping him on the knee with the tip of his boot and asking,
"So, what's the situation in the capital?" Zach waited patiently as Derot pulled himself out of the envious swamp of sleep and rubbed his eyes, surprised at how well he dozed off.
"...It's a little messy, to be honest. I've somehow managed to deal with smaller troublemakers, but they were more of a nuisance than anything. Right now, the ones causing the most trouble for us is a group called the Kadricke Coalition." Derot glanced out the window as he spoke, worried about the sounds of fighting he heard in the distance. He glanced at Zach.
"Monsters," Zach answered the silent question. The world essence energy helped hide whatever it was on him that attracted monsters, but it wasn't perfect. It only helped hide, it didn't perfectly conceal it. So, every now and then, monsters would come looking for him.
