[ Certainly, Leander has Marcus's attention to whatever the answer might be, and after as they walk, perhaps with the expectation he might elaborate. It is, after all, a lot of how mages might speak to one another -- comparing horrors with those who did not share exactly them, but near enough to understand. ]

I would like to know about it, [ he prompts, mild manners as ever making direct ways of going about things a little softer than they look on paper. But he adds, too-- ] Or occupy our stroll with easier matters.

[ He flicks his fingers, lets ash dust away. ]

I've friends who suffered that place, is all. I'd like to understand it, after what happened today.