>>6338312That's enough. Not only did he drag you into his stupid little turf war, but he did so *without warning*. You've heard stories of people getting trapped in the wrong angles of a subspace and being astrally mangled into some kind of screwdriver shape. Not to mention the other guy.
You give him a piece of your mind right there, difference in power be damned. From what you could see of his performance in the fight it's obvious that this guy outranks you, but you're not gonna let him walk all over you like that on day one. If you do, soon enough everyone else will probably do the same. God, he didn't even let you grab your sword or something!
After you give him the stern talking-to, he looks at you with a vacant expression, which then erupts into self-satisfied guffawing.
"Tch... listen, little man, you have yet to learn the uhhh, the ways of Saturn Apartments. Half the lodgers here are beasts and the other half are ladies, and they're worse," he was cupping bath water in his palms while saying this. Bizarrely, water gushed out between his hands like a controlled fountain, without any motion from him. It elegantly traced an unnatural path back down into the pool. Was this ki... ?
"Anyway, sorry about that," he finally relented, though it sounded like an apology for stealing a pencil, not for shoving you into mortal combat. "Those guys won't bother you. It's beef between our Guilds. Been makin' my life impossible here. Laundry rights, gym rights..."
All this talk about rights. It's like you're a in a combination schoolhouse and prison, except all the student-inmates can kill you with a look. But something about it jogs your mind. You remember the mutual acceptance they gave each other before the match began.
"Yeah, that's how it works," he continued, "the wizard's contract needed uhhh, two participants on each side. But we won. So they are physically... uhhh, magically barred from the bath house for the rest of the month. And by Cacubo's own magic!" He chuckled. "Pretty good work you did."
"My name's Garrett, by the way. Lydo Garrett."
