Rolan takes the moment to recenter himself as well, pushing down the shame of his selfishness and any lingering anxiety over Lorroakan. The man was dead - at his own hand, no less - and wouldn't be hurting him or anyone else ever again. The rest were things that could be dealt with later, once he returned to Baldur's Gate.

"I'm researching the Nexus," Rolan replies, slipping back into a more scholarly tone as he gestures to the space around them. "I've read the pamphlet, certainly, but while it explains what this place is and how to interact with it, I'm extremely curious to know how it works. Why does it exist? What powers it, and how did it come to be?"

Half turning to gesture to the portal back to Ramazith's Tower, he adds, "I have books upon books on the recorded history of Toril, of its cosmology, and the Powers That Be. I know of many of the planes that are connected to my world, but never have I heard of the Nexus before."

"Perhaps at a later date I'll invent something, but for now..." He shrugs, tail flicking at his side with all his unexpressed excitement. "I'm curious. And well..." Cough, ahem. "Writing a few academic papers on an unknown plane will likely afford me no small amount of acclaim back home."