Dragoncrest Cliffs The World I know

Artaax paused in his determined dislike Cecil to look at him, thrown by his sudden declaration that he was in fact useless to them. He backstepped a moment after, but the comment had been enough to get the mistrustful boy's attention. Not that he was any more willing to accept the man, but he was at least paying some sort of attention.

"So you're here to second guess her?" Artaax asked. His face twisted in confusion - honest confusion, not skeptical or suspicious or looking for a reason to be disdainful. The concept that Cecil was trying to introduce was strange to him, and in spite of his misgivings, he was curious to understand better.