[ Oh. Well - okay. That'd... make sense. Royce is quiet for a moment. ]

Great. [ This is not what he'd imagined, but. He turns to glance up at the pillar again with a vaguely annoyed sound, grumbling mostly to himself: ] After I promised not to die and everything.

[ Back to Kano: ] I don't know of your "big bad" but I wouldn't be surprised if something dragged me into Phyre.