Xen shakes her head at that, not liking the only answers she can speculate.  "He certainly wants to take something from you, and he will kill for it."  She spits into the road.<br/>While they stand, a small knot of kids with sticks in hand go sword-fighting past.  They get close to Xen, and then realize it as a group-- suddenly they scurry away except the littlest, who stands staring curiously at the two elves with the ivory-skinned stranger... all this before his big brother, fearing a thrashing, grabs the tike and hauls him off by his arm.<br/>The barbarian covers her mouth, perhaps to stifle a giggle.