[Taryon's eyes briefly dart away at the continuous praise, but ultimately, he absorbs that genuine amazement he hears and lets it puff himself up.]

Well, not everyone can build what I do. [He sits up straight and flicks his hair away from his face.] Or go from a newbie to someone this capable in a year. But...thanks, anyway. It's good to hear that from other people.

[It's a far cry from his hobbies being criticized for being pointless.]

I certainly did. I hired a group of experience adventurers to teach me the ropes, and eventually they like me enough to let me join officially. [It's a massive oversimplification of what happened, but it's not like Taryon is lying, right?] If we're counting Earth as another plane of existence, this is the fourth one I've visited, counting the plane of water, hell, and the fey realm.