"I see. I went along for the contest. But I can see where someone with Garlean knowledge of technology would be very helpful there. ... The contest itself was mostly fun. Got to kill an overgrown snake-bird." If he said he disliked doing heroic things he'd be lying and he knows it.

Honestly he preferred Yak T'el to places like Shaaloani - different kinds of Warm. "I stayed behind after the attack. They needed people, and if I was there then the Warrior of Light didn't feel like they had to be." He glances to the side and starts walking vaguely in the direction of the lounge. "... It helps if you have someone immune to Primal influence, just in case."