Momentarily taken off guard by the young woman's straight-forward, no-nonsense query and more than a little intimidated at the blade leveled at his throat, Brendan found it a little hard to find his tongue. "Oh... uh.. I uh... well." he managed at last, "I was just trying ... trying... I was trying to use a spell I found in this book... to find my true love. It's supposed to find a person who's right for me and the last two times I tried it... it... didn't work so well." He got to his feet and brushed himself off, keeping mindful distance from the sword leveled at him. "M-my name is Brendan. Brendan Folly. Um... pleased to meet you." He stood with his arms behind his back, looking modest."I don't mean to be too forward but I think if I did the spell right... then..." His face went bright red as giddiness welled up inside him, going on in words that jumbled together quickly, "IthinkIsummonedyoubecausewe'remeanttobetogether."<br/><br/>He buried his head in his hands, feeling quite embarrassed; then slowly peeked his eyes up behind them and studied her anxiously, gauging her reaction.