( He thinks they have no other means to verify his suspicion than to take this path, and so, spirits howling —
Southbound, step brisk and manner like a sword cutting through cloths for a first draw's trial, when the blade is sharpest, quickest. Beside him, the man seems sincere in his progress, knowing of how to comport himself in infiltration.
...which is to say, unlike the majority of their companions, he does not immediately trip, nor fall. )
You bear weapon? Skills of combat? ( A pause, then, softened: ) Of shielding?
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Southbound, step brisk and manner like a sword cutting through cloths for a first draw's trial, when the blade is sharpest, quickest. Beside him, the man seems sincere in his progress, knowing of how to comport himself in infiltration.
...which is to say, unlike the majority of their companions, he does not immediately trip, nor fall. )
You bear weapon? Skills of combat? ( A pause, then, softened: ) Of shielding?
( ...sir, can you hide as rats do. )