[Ah. So this wasn't going to be like Cloud Retainer, where she was able to expertly keep up the entire conversation herself. Well, it was just an information exchange, he could surely do something as simple as that. It would be a completely normal and productive conversation. How hard could it be?]

I see no point in dwelling on the past, the storytellers have never been any concern of mine. My place is among the ancient battlefields where evil gathers.

[Nailed it.]

[Oblivious of Xiao's internal struggle, the own is starting to shift around on the branches- leaning over to get a look at what the pair are doing.]