The fellow was making a show for my benefit the way he dispatched Olf in such an obvious manner.  I was ready for the scream and showed no reaction though that would not have been on my top ten list of ways to die.  Then he made his proposal which was better than I had hoped or expected and some surprise did show on my face at that. Of course I did not plan on bending over in front of this king anytime in the near future.  The thought actually made me smile more than a little bit and when he pulled his spear and suggested we sit by the fire I waved my ax lazily at him in order to decline. Pity also must have been one of the locals I club over the head because I had just assumed a guard would be posted. Better safe than sorry after all though and I really saw no more reason to beat around the bush with this fellow.  We did not like one another after all we were just forced into a situation where we needed one another.<br/><br/>I straightened up and cocked my head as I gauged the wind outside.  "I think we have an agreement and the storm will break by morning.  I will meet you in front and we will set off."  That was that and we were done this night and so I began to back up the steps keeping my eye on those in front of me.  I would bed down in the barn with an ear peeled for danger just because we were working together that did not mean I trusted them.  Besides these courtly types always wanted to complicate the simple and this was a pretty simple arrangement.