Ret turned and looked rather perplexed when alvin spoke to him, more and more so the longer he was talked to. It wasn't the look of bewilderment he showed, it was the look of hesitation. There were words clinging to the edge of his teeth, yet he remained silent.

He was the kind of person who had no qualms talking to others, it was when they talked back! [b]Then[/b] he had issues.


So Ret just stared at him awkwardly, the same way he did with the soldier before. Well, at least this one didn't yell at his fRiends... 



There was a mention of bears which prompted Ret to grit his teeth and aggressively look around, but all he saw was alvin winking flirtatiously at the knight? That wasn't a bear. Was it? Was he a shapesshifter? He didn't look like one. Ret knew quite a few shapeshifters. 

Then, alvin, as if under some possession started singing a song out of nowhere! 

... 

....city-folk were so weird.



It was all almost enough to make him forget the crisis they were midst. But when Ret saw the Gradian royal charge into battle, nary a care that he had the stone - and straight into enemy lines... his eyes slowly widened.