"I prefer to avoid eating meat when possible... It makes me sick just thinking about an animal being harmed.." Kenna answered. Tannin glanced at her fully, able to take in her appearance. It was easy to see that she was thin..and now it made more sense. A few moments later the Princess was speaking to him once again. "What brought you to this point...?"
The assassin remained silent for a moment, tilting his head as he continued to regard her. Honestly, he'd not expected her to ask him such a thing. "You mean hear and now? That is quite a long story and I doubt that you are truly interested in it." He said, continuing with the fire. He was not sure how he was to tell her of his past and so he was trying to redirect her. He was unsure if it would work and if so...it likely wouldn't work for very long.
At last, Tannin got the fire going and Kenna spoke again. "Don't you want to get married and have a family? Or do you simply take lovers to handle that..?" His gaze suddenly met Kenna's as he stood. He wasn't sure that he cared for her questions. They were personal and it wasn't something that he was used to being asked. "I've never met a man who isn't interested in producing sons... and as we've discussed before, society automatically expects female captors to be defiled.. What is it that makes you so different from those men?"
Tannin debated on whether or not he even wanted to answer her questions. Truly, he had no reason to yet he felt like he wanted to explain himself to her. There was no telling what she thought of him. "Don't most men wish to marry and have families?" He finally asked, turning from her as he moved about their small camp to gather supplies so that he could fix them something to eat.
It was only as he made his way back to the fire and sat down did he continue. "However, there are few that would willingly marry a murderer. Let alone one that oversees all the others. And, lets add to that the fact that I belong to the most hated bloodline in the world." He let out a cynical laugh as he moved his head slightly. It was clear that the assassin did not think that he would ever marry though deep down he did wish for it. "I have long since accepted the way my life is and will forever be."
Another pause as he debated about her other question. Why he'd not touched her though it was understood that he would. Did he even want to answer that? She would probably assume that he couldn't do such things at the way this conversation was going. "The reason...I refuse to touch you is that I am above such things. I do not need to defile you nor do I feel any desire to do so. I am content with simply keeping you safe from Lorn and anyone else he would send for your head."
Kenna was a lovely girl, a man would have to be a fool not to see it. However, the assassin thought that it was only skin deep. He'd had her anger coming at him for most of the time they'd been together but he could not blame her. He was the one that had taken her from her home. Even if he was trying to protect her..she didn't seem to be able to understand that. He was actually surprised that she'd not asked him about the scar that had ruined his appearance. It was typically one of the first things that he was asked when speaking with someone who didn't know him.
Their meal was finished and Tannin offered the Princess a small bowl of soup. He'd made sure to leave the meat out of it, deciding that he could eat some of the dried meat later on in the evening if he was still hungry. "Eat. We'll need to be leaving early and it would best to keep your energy up."