[ experience and the need to avoid unnecessary conflict to obtain more useful information keeps ledo from simply reacting, but there's nothing to be done for it showing on his face for an instant. no one has ever questioned these essential truths that also happen to be the pillars upon which everything he knows is built, and so he's unprepared for how fiercely he wants to object. even if it may not be true among his own, the people of this world are obviously quite different. getting bogged down in debating human nature is just a distraction from more pressing issues. he takes a breath. ]

Does that have offensive or defensive capabilities? If so, then it would be quite similar to a Machine Calibre's reflector beams. Although, without a source of power and the means to convert it, I don't see how that's possible...

[ because it can't just be straightforward, can it? he'd almost believe they've just ended up in some sort of strange, elaborate VR simulation because that would at least explain some things. ]

What I say isn't completely foreign to you, so the place you come from must be quite similar. And you have something you need to return to as well, don't you? So what will you do?