Grim smiled beneath his mask, letting out a small laugh so everyone knew his amusement at the Forest Princesses comment.  Grim had been a mild acquaintance of her fathers, whom he thought was a warmongering idiot.  He had fought under him once, and against him far more often.  Her older brother had been a far better man, and would have made a fine king one day.  But Tasia, the girl had potential to change things between the two kingdoms.  Maybe even include the desert region as a real kingdom, but that may just be wishful thinking.<br/>"Why, I think its a perfectly normal way to great a young doe.  As to my reason for passing by,"  Grim paused as Simon brought out his war scythe, "I needed to pick something up from your good friend here."  Simon was an interesting one, not much of a fighter but the boy could craft wonders.  Now if the lad could grow a backbone and stop cringing every time Grim so much as looked at him.<br/>"Thank you Simon, I hope the payment I gave beforehand was sufficient?  If not I can cover any additional costs."  Grim said, patting his money pouch absently to show he could cover such costs.  Grim's attention was then dragged to the newcomer, a dessert man by the look of him.  Grim heard his question, as smiled as Talia attempted to dissuade Grim's jest.  Noon was still a fair bit off, why not have some fun before he entered boring meetings.<br/><br/>"Ah, well you see traveler, this weapon smith is actually a beast charmer."  He said, acting as though Tasia hadn't talked.  "He entices the spirits in the metal to follow his designs, just as he tempts forest doe's like this one to enter his shop.  If you don't believe me, look upon this weapon."  Grim held his scythe horizontally in his left hand, blade pointed upwards.  He held it as though it was light, but for any but him it was nearly unusable despite it's perfect balance.  "Normal men could not craft such a masterpiece, a arm of this design must be the work of magics, do you not agree?"  Grim was very thankful he always wore a mask, otherwise the large smile he wore would have gave away his mirth.<br/><br/>___________________________<br/><br/>Jesper finished his studies of Ximid, and moved on to Forest kingdom farming techniques.  As he studied he created a mental image of his previous chess match, thinking of methods he could have won faster, or with fewer sacrifices.  The instructor crawled along, and Jesper began wishing he could actually play another match.