That's a relief. To think rabbits secretly wished for only a weapon to begin their attack -- if someone learned in books told him it was so, Sebastian would believe.

"None here know me," he says, passing by the concern. "Like as not the time beyond the door still holds, and none shall have noted my leave. I am much stronger," he adds, dry, "though not recovered fully."

Maybe it could be a miracle. That'll fly with some super nice pirates, right?

He almost asks Emcee where he is from, and hesitates. He seems mostly human, if strange. Kind and forthright. It can't be too rude to ask. "What lies beyond your door?"