<span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">Thadeus noted the way she reacted when he took her captive and set her on a log, gazing at her pale hands and the way they deftly smoothed the skirt of her dress down over her legs and remained modest. With a small smile, he took a seat on a stump and looked her over in the soft glow of the moonlight that shone through the leaves of the trees. The princess continued with a story of when she was younger and used to flee into the woods to escape the realities of the royal family. It made him a little sad and he nodded a little bit, continuing to listen with little comment to her tale.<br/>
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"Hmm... No, I've been to the wall.. The gate. We don't enter through the gates. But we trade with people from the inside for treats or weapons... Tools and such things as that," Thad offered a genuine smile and inclined his head, nodding again and releasing a soft sigh. "I don't have much of an interest in going to the city. I don't believe it deserves my attention. It is corrupt with men who don't respect anyone and play by their own rules... Corrupt with wicked women who hustle people... Sick children and rabid dogs..." The peasant slowly shifted his eyes to lock with her own, tilting her head a little bit and exhaling a large sigh.<br/>
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"How long do you think that you will be ouy here? A while, I assume? It's very peaceful out here...." He cleared his throat and bit at his lower lip gently. "I could teach you how to hunt, m'lady. Hunting, fishing, gathering, trapping... If you had an interest. I'm not sure if your family is well versed in survival without thousands caitering to and producing for you. No one out here will make you feasts or knit you clothing... No one will protect you from the wilderness.." Thadeus offered a cocky and playful grin to the woman.</span></span>