[ ryouma isn't surprised to discover that Communion with set is not like he's experienced with others who are not gods. he's had contact with other vague eldritch entities in the past, so this is just par for the course. the arrival of his own presence is heralded by a gust of wind that smells of the sea, even in this arid desert.

he can't help but manifest a form in this place, standing upon the sand and feeling the heat. ryouma has a strangely draconic quality about him, but it feels hazy and out of focus; two Shards make this weird. ]

Set?

[ it feels silly to ask when you reach out to someone else's soul and seem unsure that you've got the right guy, but there is a part of ryouma that remains awkward after their previous encounter ended up filling a slot on their respective bingo cards. ]

Ah—... Yuri passed along a bit of information to me, and I intend to look into it, but he also said it had come from you so I wanted to ask you directly.

[ he likes to have an idea of what he's getting into. ]

The strange factory in Springstar? What can you tell me about it? I'm already trying to play catch-up with Zenith in Kowloon; I want to get ahead of this one while we have the chance.