Snippet #1865711

Those cold gray eyes like steel in the snow set first on the juniper walking stick and then travel like a wintry breeze to lock on the face within that crown of hair. The man appears old with his gray crown but Leofric is immediately suspicious as he has known no old timer to ever be so callous towards a man such as himself. He decides to forget his childhood lessons momentarily and responds in a tone that dares the man to speak in such a way to him again, "I heard you the first time. I am as lost in this world as any mortal 'till the Avani see fit that I find my true path that can come to a man only after his life has been extinguished."

It could be said that Leofric the Boldeye grows weary of cryptic talk and since his arrival has become ever wary of each step taken in this labyrinth called Gooseneck. Leofric walks forward and places his own foot up on the sun dial right across from the man and leans forward that the stranger might see the hint of a sardonic scowl. His right arm is cocked behind him to resemble a chicken wing and while it may look like his hand is merely resting awkwardly on his hip, his fingers are in fact drumming against the handle of his knife that would be hidden from any man who stands in front of him.

"A man who likely goes by many names but called himself Anael sent me to chase a goose. This goose I have heard may be accompanied by a man named Randen ... and his bird." Now Leofric is sure that something is up. The voice had sounded strangely familiar like the farmhand from earlier and he cannot help but to smell some sort of conspiracy. His father's enemies, assassins like few others in Ruyn are adept at disguises but since a young age Leofric has been taught to try to look at a man beyond his face and to try to recognize the reflections of his voice.

Still he was also taught to never make any assumptions and to always let his enemies play their hand first. Better that a man react than act for then he may yet have the advantage of knowledge. To counter an attack is always more effective than to make the first one and over the years Leofric has learned that this tactic works just as well in politics as it does in battle.