Leon watched as Teyha's brother came near, a little voice grumbling in the back of his mind.  For all the subtle tricks this man portrayed by acting slow and ungainly, his eyes betrayed a hidden intelligence.<i>It would seem fate  would be a trickster and have it in for me all the same, to do something like this,</i>he thought as he reached out to grab Teyha by the shoulder.<br/><br/>Not even giving it time to set in on himself what he'd just done, he pulled her back behind himself.  He wasn't an overtly large person, just average for any 22 year old man, but he knew he could certainly stand up to this one.  Placing himself squarely between Tehya and her brother, Leon crossed his arms and stared down the man with a smile.  "Excuse me, sir," Leon mused, "but I do think you're scaring the young woman.  If it's true that you've done no wrong, why does your mere presence cause her so much fear?"