"I am...unsure," he admits. "It was not- something I felt I needed to consider, except to be where they are not."

"Well, how long ago did you escape? Do you think you could retrace your steps if we gave you a map or something?"

"Not long," he murmurs. Thinks. "I- maybe? Maybe."

"Would you?"

He drops his head, shrugs a little. "-I'll try," he agrees. (It's so little, in return for what they've given him, it's the least he can do.)

"Are you alright, dude?"

"...Yes?" (There's 'why would I be anything else?' and 'why would you care?' mixed up in that single word.)

"I mean, you don't look so chill right now. Which, reasonable, I guess."

He shrugs. "I- am fine? Better?"

Nod. "Well, at any rate you don't have to ever see those people if you don't want to."

...He knew that. He would run before that had to be the case. He would die before that if he had to. They'd taught him to fight, forced him to, and- and then he'd turned that against them, and they wouldn't have him back. (Except he wasn't sure he could fight them again if they tried.)

"I- as you say, thank you."

"Don't mention it. Do you want to know the rest of the facilities?"

"If that's alright, please?"

In that case will show him around. They already saw the mess hall and kitchen. Here is the courtyard (there are people milling about). That section over there is a Sports court's, Teronmas is not sure what the girls are playing (but it's a fairly common game around these parts).

Parafi seems more on edge around other people, but he looks around somewhat curiously, and maps his surroundings. He watches the game, but doesn't seem massively interested.

Heh. This part can be called the temple proper, the main worshiping area with the central altar and small historical museum over here. Next to that there is a space dedicated for classrooms and workshops.

He continues to be attentive as he's shown round, building up his mental map. He'd probably be more curious about the museum, classrooms and workshops if he thought they were likely to be of use to him, but right now, he still mostly doubts they will be.

Ah, this part between the actual temple and the classroom contains the libraries. One for kids, another for the classes and a historical library that's most a small extension of the museum, plus some sorcery texts (behind glass panels).

This gets a more...immediate, awed response, although he still does his best to hide that. (He wants to be able to read, badly, but...)

Aww, that`s nice. "As long the doors are unlocked any residents can pick out books."

He starts to glance sideways (why would Teronmas think that was at all relevant to him?) , catches himself, shrugs slightly. "That's nice," he notes blandly.

"Which, includes you, at least if you want to stay long enough to read something."

"...Perhaps," he agrees, a little thoughtfully. (Maybe he'd be able to find a book that would teach him?)

Teronmas remembers something about the training he received. "We have a bunch of classes, including how to read or write in various languages."

He blinks, looks sideways. "Ah, um. As you say," he agrees. (That still feels too much like not earning something.)