[ Brigade contemplates on this statement but chooses to shelve the conversation since they've arrived in the smithy ]

So Yamatai wasn't the nation of vampires Shin Yamatai is now?

[ He walks over to the anvil, and looks at the tools carefully organized on the walls and tables. It's a beautiful place. He feels at home here around tools made for metal crafting ] I'd be surprised it looks brand new, if I'd seen this months ago before joining Netsach. [ He reaches for a malus and turns it around in his palm, feeling its weight, before returning it in the exact position he'd picked it up from ]

And your sister?