Vesper frowned and walked over, hugging the man as well. When he calmed down, he wiped his face and gave the two a small smile. "Thank you for bringing this to me....Come with me, you all traveled a long way, and there is much to talk about." He lead the two of them towards what Vesper assumed was his tent, and she noted as they walked, that Finny must have slipped away.<br/><br/>Inside, he placed the lance among his things, and took a seat."I knew it was unlikely my boy would survive. When Kerrek turned on us, I knew he didn't expect anyone to live,"he said a grim set to his mouth. Vesper frowned, and said"Wait, Kerrek? What do you mean? He was working with Briarwood this whole time?" Farkas looked at her, and shook his head sighing. "He was working with that dragon. Him, and a bunch of others. When the beast arrived, he slaughtered three of our own," he said, running his hand over his face. "Bastard got away before I could get to him. Now there's only a dozen or so of us left. We've been trying to help around here as much as we can, but it's a pretty grim situation." Vesper glared at her hands as he talked, how could he do this?<br/><br/>Merlin finally looked up at her, and studied her for a bit, before he shut the book, and placed his hand over the page she was reading. "Let me ask you somethin', okay? What is it that you're so scared of? Besides the dragon. You keep everyone an arms length away,and I get it, trusting people is hard, but how do you expect anyone to trust you if you don't trust them?"his eyes peered into hers reading her a bit too easily.