Thanks caelcormac and Hexed for the suggestions!<br/><br/>Ailwin (caelcormac): perhaps we bumped into each other while I was hunting and you were monk training?  After all, if you started that 5 years ago, I was 13.  I'm not really fond of the laborer idea, not because Geran's 'too good for it', but it's just not something I really see him doing.  I could work with it if there were no other way, but I'd rather try to sort out another avenue.<br/><br/>Bubbles (Crash): if the training with the brothers took them into the woods, they may have met Geran.  Or her own wanderlust may have done that.  She's also 7 years older than Geran - something to keep in mind a little.  Perhaps her brothers taught him a thing or two?  Doesn't strike me as very 'Dwarven', but who knows.  And of course the tavern - maybe there's a standing order for meat that brings him in to sell his catch and chat, maybe knock back a pint?<br/><br/>Iliana (JsHLDantes): she seems to do most of the same things in the woods that Geran does.  They could easily have spent some time out there together, even if she's 8 years his senior.  Maybe she helped teach him a few tricks?<br/><br/>Louis (Hexed): I like your idea of meeting during the herb browsing.  Sparring could also work.<br/><br/>Spooky (Dhi): Tough.  She doesn't seem like a woodswoman (and he's not much of a townie), and Geran has a bit of an antipathy towards Graz.  Still . . . maybe he's listened to her music on a trip into town?  Maybe there's some weird similarity in her being disgruntled at not serving Graz, and his dislike of Graz?  I dunno, just throwing stuff out there.<br/>