"hey, I was weak and hallucinating!" he whispered into the sapphire, "it's what you get for crying your eyes out for 3 days and not getting a drink when you finish" he hissed indignantly into the cracked gem. He got up off the ground and gently laid Silence's head down on the carpeted floor. 'just need to find my things' he thought to himself as he started to move, his knee flaming. 'and a knee brace'. He stepped outside of the ward into a long hallway, sandstone walls with large green stained glass windows at every 3 meters or so, the green carpet felt soft under his feet as he limped along it. "let's see what this empire has to offer" he told himself.