[It's a short deliberation, with the tallest of the group approaching Fukuda alone. Those eyes don't leave him, and that strict look across his face does not break.
Jaller moves to accompany him, but the elder holds out a hand for him to stand down, earning a quiet sound of protest.]
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Jaller moves to accompany him, but the elder holds out a hand for him to stand down, earning a quiet sound of protest.]
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I will ask for you to repeat yourself.
What are you?
[The accent and cadence, though incredibly roughened and worn as though with age, will immediately pin the elder as Vakama, the voice slightly filtered with a flickering of light behind the vent where his mouth would otherwise be, shaping with the words.]