Blacktail Deer Plateau Roman cavalry choirs are singing

Malachi met the man's reply with a blank stare, but he did not turn away. There was something about this stranger that intrigued Malachi, and though he couldn't quite place what that something was, he waited a moment long enough for the other to speak again.

Sure enough the stranger spoke, and Malachi paused before turning to face the man more fully. He still did not close the distance between them, but neither did he shy further away. "I have for a while now," he said, voice still careful and slow. But inside he felt an ease begin to grow around his doubt for this man's stability. Despite all his fears, nothing of this man spoke of madness, and Malachi dared to turn the conversation back his way. "How many run with you?"