Hello. Thank you for the welcome, and likewise in the interest of time, please accept this pithy words as my expression of polite pleasure at making your acquaintance. [ Is he being sassy? It may be hard to tell since his tone is perfectly polite, posh tones measured and tinged with just the right amount of deference. ]

As I'm new here, I will keep my questions to more immediate concerns.

Present company excluded, I would not say that our encounters with Akuras' finest have been particularly warm and encouraging. [ He's thinking the Huntress and what he's heard of the Beastmaster. ] It makes me wonder what we should expect from those who would be termed least favoured?

[ A hundred words to basically ask; how screwed will we be in these wastelands? ]