04-28-2014, 03:55 AM
He was so quick to say it wasn't his fault. But if the townspeople really did fear him as he said, it would make sense. She had no way to know, until she went in town to sell her horse. That would be a few days yet. There was a whole inn to explore after all. "Have they ever tried to hurt you?" It would explain the man's uncertainty, and his cowed ways. "If they have, I could try and discourage them from doing so again." She hoped he wasn't one of the creatures she'd come to hunt. Though of course, everything about him could have been an act.
Though she knew there were bandits on the road. Chrissie had nearly run into them. Only quick thinking and experience had kept her out of trouble's way.
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