[b][u]Leith Calder[/u][/b]

Leith moved to the middle of the crowd and pulled his hood up after he had apologized. He watched the sickly-looking elf that had called everyone mad leave and gave a smile. "Madness takes the dullness out of life," he said to himself quietly. It had been Rehm, his mentor's, favourite saying. Leith felt the familiar pain of grief as he thought about him. He missed the eccentric old man.

He closed his eyes and smiled as he remembered when Rehm tried to make a new potion for pain relief, and It had blown up in his face, quite literally, which ended up burning one of his eyebrows off. The old man had complained about his missing eyebrow and how the one that was still there was missing his brother days after the incident before Leith had enough and suggested that Rehm shave off the other eyebrow and stop complaining. Completely deadpan, Rehm asked Leith a question.

"If you had hands that could grow back if they're cut off, and if you lost a hand, would you get rid of the other one so that the one you lost felt better? No? I didn't think so." Leith stared at the old man for a few moments before Rehm started laughing. It was a good memory, and it was what made Leith decide to stay and work for Rehm instead of going to the college. He had felt that he could live with him and repay his debt to the old man.

The feeling that he was falling shook Leith out of his thoughts. He opened his eyes and saw the ground rushing up to his face. His arms shot out in front of him and stopped him from having a broken nose. He stood up and shook his hands to try to relieve the pain in his palms. [i]Note to self: don't slap the ground; it hurts,[/i] he thought to himself dryly. He looked around to see if anyone saw his fall and only saw a few of the students trying not to laugh. [i]Good, not everyone saw that one.[/i] He realized that must have fallen asleep momentarily and actually fell over. He shook his head and decided that he needed to sleep, and as quietly as he could, he left the group and looked for the sleeping quarters. 

When he got found them, he tried to find a room. Most of the doors he tried were locked, so Leith assumed that those rooms were already taken. When he found a door that was unlocked, he almost cheered out loud. He opened the door and gave a tired sigh of defeat before closing the door. It was occupied, and the occupant was sleeping. He tried the next room, which was unlocked but occupied as well. The difference, however, was that the Esyire that was in the room was awake. He gave a tired smile and spoke in a slightly slurred voice.

"Hey, are both of those beds taken? Because if not, you have a new roommate," he said as he eyed the two beds that fit in the room. It had been a week since he had been in a bed. What he had said registered in his head, and he frowned. [i]Gods, do I always get this direct when I'm tired?[/i] He hadn't really been around a lot of people in the five years he worked for Rehm. He had only been around Rehm and the people that came to his house to buy his potions. Shaking his head, he took his hood down and spoke again, his voice a bit clearer. 

"Sorry about that, I haven't slept in three days, and I'm just starting to learn how blunt I can get when I get tired. Let me start over." [i]For the second time today.[/i] "My name's Leith Calder." As he held out his hand to the black Esyire, he chuckled to himself. [i]What a day.[/i]