“Deal.”  Mitch informed Kalista.  Taking the shirt back he turned it a little bit and he saw the brown stain from where the blood had dried and he put the thing over his head and winced.  It did not smell good at all, but at least the rain would take care of some of the smell.  “You should at least let me be a gentleman and carry your bag.”   Arm extended as he walked, he didn’t really expect that Kalista would give it to him, but he had to be noble, girls liked a self-sacrificing man.  That’s what the books said at least, he had not the faintest idea how to deal with one except his now deceased mother and the ones whom were paid to like you.<br/><br/>Mitch looked up to see the beautiful scenery before him and it wasn’t even a minute before the curve of the road allowed to see the inn that was less than half a mile away in the distance, the lights were lit and there was smoke coming from the chimney.  The thing that pleased Mitch the most though was the assault of cooking food on his senses, he knew that there was pork or boar on the menu.  The crackling pig skin permeated the air and he said to Kalista, “I love that smell,”  He lifted his right hand to indicate the inn, “Cooking bacon is one of the memories I have of my mother’s cooking and how much I loved it in the morning broken into my ground corn meal porridge.”<br/><br/>Watching the inn, the one thing Mitch did notice was there was a distinct tingle to it against his eyes and he turned his head a moment as he sniffed and looked back to Kalista and he said to her, “You know I’ve walked this path many times and didn’t ever notice the inn.”  Mitch gaze returned to the building that was coming upon them and he almost took a double take as the fat child he saw in the distance had a beard all the way down to his waist and lines on his cheeks, not wanting to appear ignorant or uncouth in front of Kalista he pretended it was normal but then when the slender brunette  woman pulled his far too pretty hair off her ears and he saw the sharp point he couldn’t help but stare as the woman tied the hair and the tips of her ears behind a bandana.  Luckily they were far away and hopefully Kalista didn’t notice his ignorance.<br/><br/>The dwarf and elf disappeared after a moment, and Mitch didn't pay much attention more as he then turned to Kalista and watched her face, to see if she saw anything unrecognizable.  Mitch shrugged and returned his gaze to the road, he knew that she was pandering to him, though why she was pandering was something he didn't know.