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He was curious enough that he really did want to broach the topic as the day ended but not so curious that he did. Children needed to be allowed their privacy, same as any adult. If Mora didn’t want to mention it then both he and Thera would wait until he was more comfortable to say anything, pushing that conversation further into the future, even if Ben still tried to make it clear that what happened was a good thing.

“Now that’s what I call a great day,” He said happily. “More awakened healers means more people surviving their injuries, getting four on top of all of those other levels in the end couldn’t have turned out better.”

“It also means my workload might finally decrease a bit,” Thera agreed, not knowing what Ben was doing but not needing to to be just as happy. Four extra awakened healers wouldn’t exactly eliminate her workload but it would undeniably shrink it, with more patients being sent to their own hospitals rather than having so many funneled to where she gave the majority of her time.

“And with that done-”

<Ben.>

Hmm, what’s up?

<Vasta is free right now, you can find her in the library if you still need her.>

Oh sweet, thanks.

“Ahem, with that done, I’m going to need to break off from you guys for a bit. Sorry Thera, would you be able to walk Delair back?”

“Sure, but what’s up?”

“Looks like I can finally bother someone about a tower.”

“So Ben, what do I owe the pleasure?” The non-affinitied mage asked as he met her, sounding happy and personable and altogether still pleased with the bit of help he’d given her the last time. He had managed to speed up her own job as he worked his way through world killer, helping her to finish it in the end and let her move on to something new for all the bonuses that would come with it. “It’s not every day a god tells me you’ve been looking for me.”

“Just hoping to get some advice. I’ve recently found out about how few people take on the non-affinitied tower and I was wondering if you and Jake and the rest have challenged it yet.”

“I haven’t yet.”

Darn.

Even if that was the most likely answer, it was still a disappointment. It meant there was no point in digging through her thoughts to see what any of the potential floors held and it was clear it wasn’t what he’d wanted to hear, even if he didn’t let that stop him. That might not have been the answer he’d been looking for but that didn’t mean there wasn’t more to ask.

“In that case, do you have anyone you’d know who might be interested in challenging it? Maybe either of the other two non-affinitied mages if you don’t plan on taking them for your own attempt or anyone who might hold a handful of the more specialized options at decent levels?”