“I'm not used to that, I don't think. Eating alone, I mean. It was always loud, a group of soldiers eating together. And even after I came here, I suppose I always managed to find company of some sort.” He realized how that may have sounded. “Not the kind of company you're probably assuming of me. I've tamed a lot and generally I kept company friends, not those who I fucked around with.” He wasn't meaning to be crash, just direct. The arrangements were not necessarily synonymous with one another. Luitwin teetered about the subject of why others might be avoiding him and he laughed a little. He wasn't offended.<br/><br/>“I suppose that makes sense.”<br/><br/>He took him up on the offer to visit the toilets. It didn't matter that he had to piss. He would have gone just for the walk and hoped Luitwin didn't count it as their daily allotment of exercise.<br/><br/>“Well, usually I've more freedom than this. When my time is my own I still like to keep busy. Used to go hunting.” Mostly sport hunting with the nobleman who'd betrayed him. He'd found Luitwin amusing in his ruggedness. “Hand to hand combat was always my favorite. Used to have plenty who'd indulge and practice with me. They weren't afraid anyway.” The fellow's guards were a rambunctious lot and they'd been good company. “Seems fair to get piss drunk at least once in a quarter but I never pushed it much more than that. Like having my wits about me. They don't teach common soldiers how to read. Would be a wasted effort. It's not for lack of desire.” Ardnt thought that might be the end of it. Luitwin would nod and they'd move along but instead, he casually offered to read his scripture to him. It shouldn't have surprised him since it was his duty to spread the word of god. He motioned around himself.<br/><br/>“I'd listen. Not as if I'm busy with anything,” he said, snorting.<br/><br/>“I don't know your religion that well. Haven't had a chance to talk to too many folks of any real constitution but it wasn't as if I was going out of my way to avoid it. Or trying to stick to my own learning. I don't think I'm exempt anymore in the eyes of our Alrian deities, being that I'm not serving them any longer. I imagined they've probably long since forsaken me. My people's gods won't have me. Maybe yours will.” Luitwin already seemed more forgiving than any Alrian might be, but then again defecting was one of the most shameful crimes as far as they were concerned.<br/><br/>“Tell me, in your country, what's the worst a man can do? Is there anything so heinously unforgivable and are you sure I've not committed some such sin?”