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[color=f26522]"Aye, I'm fine. Sorry for walking so loudly, by the way - not used to being even vaguely stealthy."[/color]

Brick quickly made his way to the top of the hill, moving ahead of Aya, and looked over the other side for any sign of other people that may have been lying in wait. Seeing nobody in immediate view, he turned back towards his companion.

[color=f26522]"Can't help but wonder whose fault it is that it keeps on going, too. I didn't get a whole lot of details, and you guys don't [i]feel[/i] like you're all that violent. Maybe I just haven't met the right people to get an accurate opinion, though. Are there raiding parties or something?"[/color]