Ravensblood Forest standing waves

Meredith set the scene, and Nox listened with eyebrows raised. "Sounds 'bout right," he mused at her comment of the man's gaunt appearance. There was some merit to her claim; with a little fattening up, the guy could be an asset. But something about the intensity of his focus set the captain on edge. A familiarity in his speech and stature that nagged at him like an itch you couldn't quite scratch.

"Now I get a lotta rogues like ye turnin' up on my doorstep," a purposeful step forward as he directed a grateful nod in the girl's direction. He appreciated her honesty, even if he didn't quite know what she saw in him yet. "What makes ye different from tha rest? Mere here says yer a fighter - that true?"