[ That shove sends Ardbert stumbling just slightly, and while he might have given some overreactive response to it if he was in a different state of mind, at the moment he's still reeling from the realization that he can be shoved at all. Being able to make physical contact with someone else, let alone M'ahina, is something he's still not used to after going so many years without.

So, while the list of things that are wrong about being in this place is long, Ardbert can't hate it completely. Not when it allows for him to get nudged in the side by M'ahina and actually feel it.

It's more than that, as well. All of his senses are back, rather than being completely dulled by his ghostly state.

In time, he returns to M'ahina's side on stone path. Not the sort of stone he's used to, though. It's oddly smooth in a way he's never seen until now. ]

We might, yes. Assuming that the taverns here are like the ones we're used to, that is. [ It seems nearly impossible to take much of anything for granted here. ] That would solve two problems at once. I assume you'll be doing the negotiating, then?

[ Who could resist her, between her cute face and the ears? ]