“We have seen a lot of cool animals and life in our time as Paladins. I can bet we’ll seen even more here.” Shiro smiles, and gestures with his free hand. “They have a beastary in the library if you want a preview. I didn’t check it but I know it’s there.” There has been rows of volumes. He’d decided to get right to what he wanted to know and space the rest for later.

“But they were from different worlds. Miss Nanamo recognized my family name. Noctis didn’t.” It had been a little weird to hear people from where he was born in another reality have horns and some patterns of scales. He finishes his coffee off and washes the mug out in the sink. He cleans and dries it, putting it back where he found it. “Have you looked at the maps yet?”

Part of him again wants to ask about what Hunk last remembers of home. He shoves it down. “It looks like a lot of this world has been explored already.”