"No. Why would I? What are you to me?"
It was true, people rarely did want to talk with him. He took a care to look unfriendly enough and distant enough to avoid that.
He was beginning to look with consideration toward the tree line. It was not a short distance away, and the mage was quick. He might make it, might not, but he didn't want to tarry here until the man told him his real reason for keeping him. He must have a purpose in this, and surely a nefarious one.
