*Bright amber eyes watched as the nearsighted one came near.   Questions dawned there in, yet were not given utterance.  The ‘boy’ merely watched with unvarnished curiosity.  The guise of a beggar boy was good for much more than coin.  One could watch and learn many things.<br/><br/>Surprise dawned within the boys eyes as the kindly man held out 5 silver pieces. That was much more than could be earned legally in a week’s time.  Nut brown hair fluttered about the boy’s face as he bobbed his thanks.*<br/><br/>Oh, me thanks to ye’ Guv’na.  May ye be blessed e’ermore  with good ‘ealth,  and prosperity.<br/><br/>*There was that voice, quite nearly a pleasing dulcet. While there was at least ‘some’ in the pocket there was no need to be thievin’. No, that was for hard times only. The thin waif began gathering his things. A bag, his spare cloak, and the battered cup. The coin had long since been pocketed!<br/><br/>What would it be like to dress so finely as the Lady who walked past? Ah but that would be something, would it not? Well, one was content with what one had indeed.  There was little need for aught else in truth.<br/><br/>The young waif jumped back as the man in the ‘tenderfoot cloak’ suddenly just appeared in a maelstrom of movement!  Small, delicate fingers brandished a dagger in the space it took one to exhale. Amber eyes were wide from being startled so. Oh the outstretched hand was watched with trepidation. Such a flighty little thing, the Halfling was. *<br/><br/>Guv’na you fair froze me liver wit’ fear…<br/><br/>*Came the thinly stretched dulcet of a lad still quite young, or perhaps a girl beneath the guise? Who could tell? But lad or lass, this one was fast and quite wary.  The dagger disappeared beneath layers of tattered and patched clothing.*<br/><br/>Oi’ll be a goin in alroight.<br/><br/>*But nothing was said of ‘if’ the Halfling intended on dining with the odd stranger.  Those bright amber eyes clearly stated a lack of trust. Clutching what few pitiful poor belongings he had, the lad inched his way sideways into the Tavern. All the better to watch you!*<br/>