Should he be SURPRISED? There was bound to be someone strong within that PUTRID place. It was a tournament, after all, and yet. . . He didn’t anticipate THIS MAN making it out alive. Some part of him is IMPRESSED and the sentiment is shown through the way his lips loosen. Smile is reserved for this stranger and he gestures, with a nod, for the other to sit by his side. How can someone who has caused so much CHAOS and CARNAGE drink so casually, as if DETACHED from the damage. In truth, his art can be ELEVATED, but he chooses more humble means of flaunting his work. THIS? . . . THIS WAS NOTHING. He wonders what the other thinks, how HE sees those cinders. In truth, the blonde is jealous. He’d do anything to experience his own art, but it seems the Gods just aren’t ready for that kind of gore. Maybe this survival is a SIGN; maybe there is a morbid meaning to the way he is allowed to LIVE. . .