"So I've noticed," he intones dryly. They've been incredibly unresponsive or even snappish, annoyingly immune apparently to the heat. Levi's taken to giving them a wide berth when possible.

But he turns to the man with an intense interest, only raising an eyebrow briefly at the dragon - he's quickly becoming accustomed to seeing them now, the smaller ones oddly make him think of them as winged cats.

"I've heard that word once or twice already now - Skesis. What are they and why are you fighting them?"