Manaan<br/><br/>When consciousness finally found him Trent was a little light headed. Before he opened his eyes though he attempted to take in his surroundings. He needed to know if he was in friendly or hostile territory. His other senses could provide some of those facts, especially if he was being watched. The surface he was on was hard and not soft, that was neither good nor bad, his wounds didn't hurt. That much told Trent that he was either drugged or whoever had found him had dressed and cleaned his wounds. He didn't feel any shackles on his wrists or let, nothing strapped down to the hard surface he was laying on.<br/><br/><br/>Trent didn't have much other choice, he forced his eyes open, the room was unfamiliar though that was not a surprise by any means. As he turned his head his brown eyes met the light green eyes of a woman who sat in a chair reading a book. Her fiery red hair was somehow both soothing and worrisome. It commanded respect and attention and something about it said to him that she meant business. Of course he didn't know her or who she was, but he was happy to see that she had a lighter skin tone. It gave him hope that she spoke English. He knew he had landed on mainland China, but he was unfamiliar with their dialects, hell he had spent the better part of the last ten years in Japan and still didn't have a great grasp of the language, just enough to barely survive, if that.<br/><br/><br/>With a raspy voice that would generally indicate he was thirsty Trent spoke to the person in the room. "I suppose I have you to thank for me being alive? I am Trent, would you bother telling me exactly where I landed and if I am somewhere safe or not?" He attempted to sit up, propping himself gently with his left arm and then using both until he sat up straight. His muscles were a little sore, but nothing like what felt when he had collapsed. He saw the bandages on his legs, some on his torso as well, they had done a bang up job patching him up. At least they appeared to want him alive, though that still didn't answer whether he was safe or not, though the presence of the beautiful woman before him, who he swore could be a goddess in her own right did put his mind at ease.