Allen just sat there with his mind processing the new information that had just been dropped onto him and calculating all the different variables.
Joining them meant putting himself in direct conflict with beings who could apparently destroy entire cities and getting dragged deeper into a war that wasn't his. It could even mean risking exposure and risking revealing the true nature of his system.
But it also meant access. Access to information about this world, about magic, and about the highlanders. Access to resources and potential allies, however temporary. And staying here under their protection was certainly safer than trying to survive alone in a hostile world he knew nothing about.
It was a gamble. One that could alter the course of his life in this world completely.
