[ Of course. It was the Interdarshan Championship. The most famous event of the Akademiya Extravaganza. The competition would have been reported on as a topic of interest in other nations' newspapers. He'd barely participated in the rounds as his goals had been elsewhere, and then life hadn't much changed for him (except his sudden explosive popularity with the students of the Akademiya, they'd been so curious about his ability to fly, and those damn Spantamad scholars would not stop pestering him for a month straight to join them on some projects that involved the Anemo element. In the end, he had to hide in the Sanctuary of Surasthana with his textbooks and papers for an entire week before people got the message) so he'd forgotten about it.
Suddenly, he feels far less comfortable provoking the man. He hadn't expected to be recognized at all, and found safety in anonymity, as he usually did. This is new. To be known on his own merit (though he could hardly say it was merit, has anyone seen the absolute state of Vahumana these days? Shameful. They called themselves scholars??) unsettles him more than he'd like to admit. ]
You've made your point, Iudex.
[ Not an apology, but he'll mind his words from now on. ]
So the Hydro Archon is here too? This doesn't bode well for any of us.
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Suddenly, he feels far less comfortable provoking the man. He hadn't expected to be recognized at all, and found safety in anonymity, as he usually did. This is new. To be known on his own merit (though he could hardly say it was merit, has anyone seen the absolute state of Vahumana these days? Shameful. They called themselves scholars??) unsettles him more than he'd like to admit. ]
You've made your point, Iudex.
[ Not an apology, but he'll mind his words from now on. ]
So the Hydro Archon is here too? This doesn't bode well for any of us.