"I don't know yet,"he said, striding past Ragnar to where one of the wounded still lay. He yanked the man to his feet, earning a yelp of surprise. He was human, plain looking, and young by the looks of it. The boy was scared. Finny didn't even have to look to notice the way he trembled in his grasp."P=please don't k-kill me,"he begged. They always stared begging. Finny sighed, looking the kid over once more before pressing his blade to his side.<br/><br/>"Answer my questions and I wont,"he pressed the point ever so lightly into him. That caused the kid to jolt, and straighten, nodding his head profusely.<br/><br/>"Why would bandits be stupid enough to attack a courier convey with over a dozen members," he asked because it really was stupid. Regardless of the numbers simple bandits had, a party their size would be able to easily gain the upper hand. Usually jobs that had larger parties finished ahead of schedule because no band of brigands would be stupid enough to try to fight them. It was a detriment to their health.<br/><br/>The boy gulped down hard, and opened his mouth, fighting with himself, before finally speaking."We..we were hired. I don't know who by,I'm no one important. They don't tell me those things, but we were suppose to get some package. We weren't suppose to fight you. Just steal what ever it was in the night, but we couldn't get around the wards. Didn't want to start an alarm. The boss got angry. Didn't wanna wait, so when he saw that mage a yours dispelling them, he figured it was safe,"He said, looking over towards the blown up remains of his group."Guess he were wrong." Finny frowned and motioned for someone to take the kid.<br/><br/>"Tie him up. We'll drop him off with proper authorities when we get to where we're going,"he waved them off as he turned back towards the mess at hand. The kid didn't know anything else, but he did have a point about those wards.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"> I should thank Merlin...But really is the gloating worth it?</span>he sighed and put his blade away. Speaking of the mage, Merlin was busy healing a few of their wounded, Vesper helping where she could, though her abilities were no where near as good as him. She was bent over the other half-elf as he was focusing on closing a deep gash in one of the elder mens arm. She watched intently, awed by how the bright gold seemed to glide against the opened wound and stitch it together again. It didn't even leave a scar.<br/><br/>"That's amazing, Merlin,"she said placing her hands on his shoulder as he pulled away. He smiled at her, and stood."It's just magic," he chuckled, wiping the dirt and grim from his hands.<br/><br/>"You've seen me do this a million time, vesper,"<br/><br/>"True, but it's always so breath-taking. I've never seen magic shine so brightly, and maybe i'm a little jealous,"she laughed.<br/><br/>"You know if you want to learn more magic I could always teach you. You do have the ability to use it, and in return you can help me hone my skills with a blade. Magic can't fix everything, and there are times when it doesn't work, you know."he made a vague hand movement, and she smiled brightly."Really?You'd want to teach me,"she asked happily. Merlin nodded, going to speak when Finny walked over.<br/><br/>A smirk grew on the mages face. He knew what that constipated look on Finny's face meant. It meant he was going to tell him he was wrong.<br/><br/>"Merlin...those wards were....useful. Maybe, you can use them again....but don't let it go to your head,"he snapped the moment he saw the words about to leave the mages lips.