"I don't like you. This horse seems terrified of you." Ace answered, eyebrow raising even more and a amused smile forming in his lips as the kitten perched itself on top of the other's man head. "Sure, sure, of course they don't." he mocked, but didn't press any further. It wasn't like the other man would tell him anything, anyway, and if it was important, Ace would find out later. All men had secrets they didn't share. As long as it wouldn't put his life in danger, he could accept not knowing.<br/><br/>Fortunately, Caine was already there to answer Crusty, and Ace was relieved that at least the majority of them didn't have a stick up their asses. It would make things easier to convince only one man of stealing, instead of two. For a while, he just let Caine speak, as the man was more subtle than him, and would do a much better job convincing Crusty. Hopefully. But he couldn't help rolling his eyes at the other's words. There was no such thing as honesty, honour or justice. Crusty would learn that with the first royal guards they encountered on the King's Road. Ace pressed his lips together in annoyance. He really hated guards, knights and such. Always talked about honour and justice, but that only reached the highly born. The trash of the street was never more than just that. Nothing that happened with people like them ever mattered, and the sooner Crusty learned it, the sooner it would make their travelling easier. He returned the smile Caine, though, when the other looked at him, waiting for his input.<br/><br/>"See, Crusty? This here is a smart man." Ace said, shoving the reins of the palomino in Crusty's hand, despite the horse's protests. He went to fetch the pinto and Girl. "We are in the middle of the Deep. Most people don't even expect to wake up at all, even less to find their horses intact." he began to tie his things in Girl's saddle. He finished what he was doing, before bringing the pinto to Caine and offering him the reins.<br/><br/>He leaned against Girl, sending a quick look towards the door Gruffy had walked through, wondering how long until the stableman would give up trying to convince the owner of the horses to sell them. Hopefully long enough to convince Crusty to just take the damn animals and leave.<br/><br/>"Look, we've decided to ride, so we will ride. Now, we could stay and try to negotiate and maybe the owners will be willing to sell us their horses. They probably won't, though. And they probably won't be happy about the suggestion, either, so you can imagine what will happen anyway. Or, we could just do the sensible thing and steal the horses." a smirk formed in his lips. "Unless you want to ride with me? Girl could probably put up with both of us if Caine take my things. And I'd love the company." he almost purred. No, he wouldn't actually enjoy it. He hated riding with someone else on the saddle, and whatever it was that made the horses feel uneasy around Crusty, it certainly would only make it harder to control Girl. She wasn't that well trained to begin with. Of course, Ace would enjoy making fun of the other while they travelled, but he did prefer to keep his distance. He hoped the teasing, though, would be enough to convince Crusty of taking the horse. He supposed stealing would appeal more to the other man than having to ride miles with him.<br/><br/>"Whatever Your Highness decide to do, though, I just ask that you decide quickly." he said, mounting on Girl. "I have left my companion for the night less rich than he was, so I'm not really eager to wait around for him to wake up. Are you coming?" Ace asked to Caine, knowing the other man was also thinking of pressing Crusty to steal the horse, if only so he wouldn't be left to deal with the aftermath of his two companions' actions.<br/><br/>He wanted to get on the road already. The Deep wasn't exactly inviting, but he really didn't want to have to fight two pissed horse owners and a pissed robbed - and very strong - robbed guy.