[ He doesn't need to see to know Dark Cacao is doing exactly as he knew he would. Which is why he takes him slowly to the Inn, letting him get the lay of the land and determine threats.

Which there are plenty of, though simply not here. ]

Allow me to give you the short hand as we walk, my friend. Welcome to Aldric's Grove. We are no longer on Earthbread, as you have undoubtedly surmised given our current state of selves. We are here on the whim of a malevolent entity we have no name for, and many simple call the creature in disrespect, which I must ask you to do as well so as to not give it power.