"Well now I want to know who'd win if there were a dungeon like that and I got into a fight with it."

"Probably whoever could tank more backlash."

"Dungeons don't have backlashes."

"Sure they do! It's why they gotta go away and come back later."

"I mean I wouldn't just go in and stand there, the question would be whether I could take it out with good old fashioned artillery before I started compulsively introducing myself to monsters."

"That sounds hilarious."

"That sounds dangerous."

"I haven't introduced myself to any monsters yet unless you count my cat but it does seem like one of the likeliest ways for me to perish in the field."

Haru should not perish on the field. Who knows when Jaeha's gonna find someone as compatible with him as Haru is? Hasn't happend in eight goddamn years. Jaeha pets him protectively some more.

Here's Haru's cider and Jaeha's coffee! And the waitstaff goes to ask the two newcomers what they'd like, and is then interrupted by three more arrivals (none of whom are particularly compatible with Haru, either).

It's good to check these things even if you get the expected null result. "So if this is just the queer group, and not even all the queers are showing up, how big is the whole guild, or is it somehow actively specializing in queer espers?"

"I thiiiiink we're at... maybe five thousand people total? And about two hundred espers."

"Wow, that's like three times the size of my present outfit."

"It's the biggest guild in Korea!"

"Best-funded, too, so if you guys join us..."

Jaeha is not particularly moved by that but Haru might be and if so, Jaeha knows where he'll be.

"If you are trying to win on money you should know that up to any remotely likely point I consider more charitable donation matching equivalent to additional direct compensation."

"I'm sure that can be arranged."

"What was that about not trying to sell him on the guild, noona?"

"Oh, shush you."

"I don't see any slideshows, I think we're good."

"We've talked a lot about ourselves. How about all of you lovely people? We can start with the powers, since that's always topical." He doesn't include the ranks in the request since apparently Quasar doesn't do that, but he's curious about those, too.

"Oh, I'll start! My power is that I can do things."

"....congratulations?"

"Thank you!"