"Ah, um, great.." was Jason's quick and oh-so-intelligent reply.
'I guess?'
He let himself lay back on the grass placing his hands behind his head. He didn't want to look directly at the girl he was speaking to while he was in a flustered state, and starting rambling without thinking much. "I, uh, actually think I might like this place. It might sound strange, but be'n in a place where no one knows me and where everything's unfamiliar, and I don't mean a place like New York, feels kind'a relax'n to me." He gave a sort of nervous laugh as he continued to ramble, pace of speech increasing, "At the same time, though, it's sort of annoying...Not knowing anything and have'n to rely on Haru, not that I have any real problem with it or anything. I just don't like the whole relying on people thing, ya know? Never have. I-"
And then Haru interrupted with a, "Hey guys, we might want to get going..." and the interruption was like a slap in the face, saying, 'What the hell are you talking about? Shut up, already, or do you want to embarrass yourself more?'
"Um, never mind..." He sat up too quickly, making him acutely aware of the slight aching in the back of his head that hadn't completely disappeared yet from last night, 'Must've gotten hit harder than I thought...' and stood up a little off balance (or a little too jittery, really).
Patting his horse's side before taking the reigns in his hand and tugging on them an giving a click with his tongue, causing the horse to slowly turn away from the water and towards where the others were tied. With the contact he'd made with the horse, his nervousness died down some, and he turned his head towards Lux, "Ah, want any help?" meaning with the horse. He made sure to nod and comply with whatever her answer was before swinging up onto his own horse and stretching before taking up the reigns again.
"Alright," he said as he flicked the reigns, "let's get up and go, darl'n," and the horse started forward after the others.
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As Haru flung open his jacket in reply to Kyle's statements, Jason was taken aback. Seriously? A grin split his face as he unconsciously rested his arm on Kyle's shoulder, much like he'd done back at the inn. He was just about to say something he thought was clever, when Haru said, "...aside from killing the cyclopean king part."
"Ah, hey-"
"Anyways, let's get out of here." and before Jason could say anything else, Haru was walking away, telling them all to "stay close" and such. This, of course, gave Jason no choice but to follow, which he did, stuffing his hands into his pockets as they went.
"So fellas. What would you like to get first?"
Jason looked around at all of the other guys, feeling a little clueless. "Uh," then looked around at the marketplace, a little confused, but a kidish jittery feeling starting to surface for him. "What's that?" He pointed to some random stand, "And that?" another random stand, "And, uh, what are those leaf things?" Maybe they were for tea or something, but he doubted it. He starting asking what this and that were, more to himself than anyone else, but still with a childish excitement. New place? New things? Inns? Horses? A legit market? Awesomely medieval much? Yes. In his mind, things were awesomely medieval.