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Zaldir saw that Leena also choked on her wine almost the same way he did. "Oh very funny Seeker, why not make everyone do a spit take?" he thought sarcastically. She said that she hasn't been to the north, but had been on her way to the northern lands, hence the need for a horse.

Then she asked him what brought him here, and his heart almost stopped. If it weren't for his dark skin, Zaldir would be as pale as a sheet of snow in apprehension. How can he explain how he came to be here, what mostly controlled his path, and ultimately, what was he here for? Should he say that he was brought here under the guidance of fate, or lie and say there was no reason for his being here, he was just here.

"Many things." He said finally. "You can say, something out of my control brought me here for a certain reason, or say the state of this poor village brought me here. Otherwise I can simply say, I too was on my way north. It's been a long time since I've been that way, and I've heard rumors that The new ruler isn't as kind as the previous one was." Zaldir took another drink off his pint, finishing it in two gulps.

"But, I can truly safely say, that the real answer, is all of them at once. It's just where the thread of Fate pulls me that matters."