[He's no stranger to children, but usually you just throw them a dodgeball and they're distracted with trying to maul each other out in the field the parents let them go play in every now and then. But Alberto seems like a good kid, and Cayde doesn't too much mind the clinging. And a part of him can't help but wonder if maybe there was a time he'd take Ace on his shoulders and do something of the same... Well, maybe not leaping up cliffs.

He shakes his head, chuckling.]

Oh yeah, huge. Their shoulders especially, honestly, I don't know why.

Warlocks? They like to look into the mysteries of the universe and read a lot. Spew a lot of words too. Also they use space magic. My friend Ikora's actually around. I bet she'd love to answer any and all your questions about Warlocks if you ever run into her.

And as for what we guard? Well, humanity. Our world. There's a lot of places back home that look not too different from this city. So we fight hard to protect what we have.