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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 2670364" data-attributes="member: 8243">Xiao falls silentXiao follows and watches as the party moves around Despia, but he is not really sure about all that he is hearing. So many new names; the cities and people, the deities and groups all keep getting confused in his head. Uncertainty leads him to hold his tongue generally, and particularly in the meetings with the big man in the iron suit. Xiao keeps his impulsive enthusiasms on a tight leash, and becomes somewhat of a silent shadow in the background of events.In his spare time, Xiao works hard at honing and refining his skills and techniques. He notices some improvements. Things that were once beyond him fall into place. Ideas planted many years ago, like seeds, sprout into something new. But he has, he realises, still much to learn. And without a teacher, he wonders occasionally if he is still treading the right path. Without anyone to guide him, he must make his own decisions and be his own council. Not believing himself to be the wisest of people, that causes him some concern. It is his night out with Olivier that convinces him that worry will not help him. Xiao wishes that he could remember what it was that Olivier said exactly to banish the doubts that had been haunting him. But like much of the night, its a blur, and all he can truely say is that he work up the next day feeling more confident, and that somehow it had come out of the night before.When it becomes clear that they are finally leaving Despia, Xiao is gladdened. They have not been in the city for long, but Xiao finds himself keen to be gone from the city and back on the road again. As he has nothing to pack, he is ready to leave immediately. He volunteers to help the others in anyway he can.</blockquote>

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