Arkain keeps his eyes lock on you watching you facial expression careful. Watching for subtle changes in your expressions and your body language to see if you are telling the truth or not. He could tell from the start the way  you hung your head before you started that what you were going to say was going to be truthful. He nods listening to you keeping a very serious look on his face. "Hummmm. Not far from here. I see." He feels better when he hears you say you were wondering around for a long time. Hopefully far away from your camp.<br/><br/>When you get to the second part of your story and start to talk about the mutants. He expression changes to one of concern. He moves back and does a quick look around sniffing the air. He doesn't smell any new scents in the air. Still if what he is saying is true, the fact that mutants are even in the area unnerves him a bit. He looks back down at you. "Sounds like you got lucky out there, very lucky, Ray. You escaped the mutants and you found my watering hole. This is the first I have heard of mutants around here. I don't know if you were first one lucky enough to get away from them or they are smart enough to stay away from here." He stands up straighter and starts to walk around. His composure much calmer and friendly. " Either way Ray, you are safe here. You can stay for as long as you want to but if you want to stay, there is a catch." He looks over at you and looks you over chuckling lightly. His stomach growls while he looks you over.