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Even before Xavier handed him his writing, Madawc began to understand. Apparently this young man shared the fate of being mute. When he grabbed the parchment out of Xavier's hand and read it, it would've been a bit of an understatement to call him 'astonished': He was shocked. How the hell could he have discovered this in no time at all ?

Madawc's thoughts were raging in his mind: Fleeing was quickly ruled out of the equation - he'd never be on his horse quickly enough and with his weight it wouldn't be as fast as Xavier's. But if that young man had negative intents towards him, why would he've opted for basically giving him a clear warning ? The situation was confusing for him.

He lacked the means of writing his answer on the parchment, but it was likely that the young man was only mute and not deaf as well. So the demon-man answered by speaking: "Things do happen. I don't plan on doing bad things, so remain calm." Well... 'stealing' from the remains of battlefields was nothing he considered bad.