[ If Xigbar had any idea what kind of measure Aragorn put him to, he might be tempted to laugh. Elves and dwarves, indeed, though it's not that much of a stretch given the "finny-fun" people he's heard of in Atlantica. As it is, he can only take the measure of his new roommate as best he can...and wonder if that formal diction ever sticks right to his tongue. ]

Heh.

Only what I've seen, new fella. So far as I can tell, we're sitting near the top of a tower. The dormitories are up here.

[ He points up. ]

The further down you go, though, the weirder things are.