Arjan salvaged what he could of the man's cut away clothing and going through anything that had come on his person. A bit intrusive, yes, but the longer he shared a space with the man the more he wished to know who he was. He found nothing and so had assumed either his supplies were still out there by the cleaned carcass of his horse or Orri had them somewhere else. Arjan turned to evidence on his body next.<br/><br/>His hands were contradictions, callused like a laborers but wearing a well-crafted ring. Not stolen, either, if the hardened skin on the underside of his finger was anything to go by, but something regularly worn. Just the one tattoo that he could find and bereft of any major scarring. No branding either so the hope that he was a slave on the run like he'd once been were dashed, even if odds were highly unlikely. A hunter or a traveler, perhaps both, but someone who obviously used their hands. Nothing to condemn the man in Arjan's eyes even if to him he had unmistakable Belmiran features.<br/><br/>Arjan would pry a little bit more next time he saw Rhiak and Orri. He was sure they'd be back to check up on their charge soon, but for the time being, he was feeling restless. In between focusing on the injured man's care he saw to minor ailments of the villagers as usual. The man seemed little more than a piece of furniture now that had to be tended, easily ignored and deceptively unobtrusive. Harmless in his current state and mostly silent except for the occasional rasp that Arjan still secretly hoped foreshadowed a failing body. He tried not to allow the man's vulnerability to lull him into a sense of casual ease and tried to remind him that if anything it made him even more dangerous. He spoke to the man only to wish him well on his trip to the afterlife.<br/><br/>–<br/><br/><br/>Orri didn't give a straightforward answer but that was nothing unusual. Rhiak should have never expected one and even the Two-Spirit didn't know if this journey would be successful, only that it was apparently worth the effort. Rhiak didn't know why. He was a stranger to them and he was not guaranteed loyalty but perhaps it had something to do with their success with outsiders. Arjan was a prime example and had worked well for their community. Of course, they knew of his worth right away, and it was hard to say with this stranger. They had enough hunters like himself that expending resources to save one that they weren't obligated to seemed a bit strange. Rhiak had looked at some of his supplies and made his own assumptions but Orri's words were final. There was just some reason he wasn't privy to.<br/><br/>“You would go to this trouble without knowing why or if it will work?” Rhiak said it rhetorically. He didn't need Orri to answer. They were traveling forward, after all, but maybe he had an idea of what all was going to come of the situation that wasn't important for Rhiak to know himself.