<div class="floatright">(http://imageshack.us/a/img59/6967/8sro.jpg)</div><br/>Seeing the gaze actually made her feel a little more at home, as if the man didn't presume to know too much about her just from her face.  Apparently down South, women wore a lot less or something, and men were far too used to having expectations about her.  Here up North, you had to be tougher and prove that you were strong enough to survive the winter.  She met his gaze with a stern stare, and then nodded, adding, "The greetings," in her barbarian accent where the dialect didn't fully match up with Skytongue.