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His assent far was without incident, mostly due to the fact that he avoided any kind of contact if it could be. Funny how when you have red skin and horns protruding from your skull, people for some reason or another tend to act apprehensive around you. Whenever Kairon passed through any sort of settlements there were very little variations in reaction to his presence. Parents huddled around their children or ushered them to their homes, he'd get stares and dirty looks, and some even brought out weapons and eyed him until he left. Every once in a while though he'd come across a zealot who'd taken upon the “sacred duty” to banish the “demon” and do so with violence.

Rare was it that he'd come upon a soul who didn't look at him with suspicion, the most the Tiefling ever asked for was mere apathy, that would suffice in many ways. Thus Willowspeak was a place he didn't bother to enter, if only to avoid the same iteration of ignorance. His reasons for being here, climbing this mountain, was that of his personal hobby. Little known fact that Phantomshade is a natural manna stimulant, though one must be careful with the dosage as it is particularly potent. From what Kairon gathered from this region however that this plant was mostly used in candle making, he could only surmise that these were quite an expensive product to make if they involved such a plant as an ingredient, but for his personal use, it would make for a better elixer.

He decided to rest for a bit for the moment, after all there was no hurry, it wasn't as if there were competition for the plant.