Two Rivers Isle is fhearr an giomach na 'bhi gun fear tighe

if there was one thing colt was unsuited for, and there were a lot of them, it was border duty. namely, greeting folks.
the call went up and he lingered, ignoring it. he went back to his frog hunt. but then it occurred to him that maybe he was supposed to answer.
with miz adylaide down and @Ulrich a guardian nearby (or so he thought the man must be) colt chuffed a note to @Iseul and slunk toward the boundaries. he found a man there, older than him, with a large frame and piercing eyes. though, with colt's beat-up face, you would have thought him the elder.
briggs looked the stranger up and down, then spat a thin stream of brown birchbark juice into the dirt. "this here's two rivers isle. the boss'll be along directly. till then, howdy do an' what brings yew?"
he tried to keep his tone jocular but his eyes were pokers.