I nodded to Veragwen and stand up. "Very well, milady, but if I come running towards you screaming, assume something large and hungry has decided to turn the hunter into the hunted and either follow or make a stand." I had a silly smile on my face the entire time I spoke and had already started to turn when I heard something rustle in the brush before someone stepped out of it. Purely on instinct, my sword left it's scabbard and the dagger it's sheath, both poised to strike before I realized that I was looking at a noble. And not just any noble at that, but Lord Armond. His being here meant they were probably checking on the situation in Seles and that wasn't going to be happy news to deliver. "Forgive me if I've startled you, but I am curious as to how such fine warriors as yourselves managed to get injured so."

Lowering my weapons, I rest them by my side, but stay on edge all the same. I never felt at ease unless a fire was lit or I rested indoors, since I'd had wolves, bears and other such beasts try to make a meal of me before. "They were wounded defending the now desolate Seles. The monster is slain, but at the cost of the towns people."