Eric looked up, surprised at the voice, and laughed before speaking, "funny story that. I was trying to see if I could tie myself to a tree and as you can see it worked." After those words the laugh in his voice died before he spoke again, "in reality, there I was working with what I thought was my partner and we had just finished the best job we had in years. Then the asshole decides that he wanted the money for himself and one thing led to another all ending with me a lot poorer and tied to a tree. Bastard even took my favorite sword," the bitterness in his voice was almost visible. "So you gonna to untie me or we going to sit here seeing how long before I start to become part of the tree," he finished sarcastically.