'Hmm, well maybe they will be able to fill me in a little more on whats going on. If they feel like helping at all after you gave them a taste of your machismo... Do me a favour - try not to antagonise them any further, they are a strange bunch at the best of times, and I really don't think we can start pissing off potential allies at this point Pete'. He was a nice guy, but even Daniel found his chauvinistic attitude could start to grate after too long spent in his company - god knows how annoying it felt to actually be on the receiving end of it.<br/><br/>Offering Pete a 'no harm meant' smile, Daniel patted him on the upper arm before turning and making his way across the pavement towards the group of Guardians, feeling their rather withering gaze weighing heavily upon him - making the short distance actually seem all the much further. He hoped that they would be amicable enough to at least share whatever information they had, but they were a strange sort and his dealings with them in the past had often become a little strained for no apparent reason.<br/><br/>'Afternoon... I'll get straight to the point and cut out all the how are you all doing this afternoon crap... An old friend of mine called me up, told me that something big is going down, gave me a really old book that makes about as much sense as a set of video recorder instructions written in German. He told me that he'd ask the Guardians for help, but that he had been turned away, then he gave me an address that lead me here.'<br/><br/>At this point Daniel stopped for a moment to catch his breath, offering a rather sheepish grin. 'I'm hoping that you have a better idea of just what the hell is happening here, because quite frankly I've not got any - only something about a Baron being loose, and this all being the tip of a rather whacked out iceberg...'