<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/srLzVfT.jpg)</div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">I'm going to carry over the insight roll into this post as well.</div></div><br/><br/><em>"That is why I'd prefer a man of good character, instead of placing myself in a group who would lust for my looks... rather than my skill."</em><br/><br/>The paladin smiled and shrugged his shoulders, his disarming good looks striking an apologetic smile.<strong> "Ahh well then I'm afraid we would not be well suited to each other.  Thank you for coming and introducing yourself Miyuki, I'm sure I'll see you around the tavern."</strong><br/><br/>Miyuki sensed that it was a dismissal, but she had been keenly observing the paladin as he spoke and she noticed the slightest of twitches in his face and hands as she said certain words.  Even the hint of a curled smile at the corners of his lips.  There was something about what she had said, something that meant more then the surface words.  She had a moment to think about his reactions and change his mind, if only she could figure out what the strange paladin's reactions had meant.<br/><br/>When she'd said she was not one who offers her body so easily it had actually seemed to upset the man.  It was as if he had wanted her to do so, he had wanted her to be a whore?  No, not that.  He didn't like that she would not use her body?  Maybe, that was closer.  He seemed to appreciate the idea that she would spend nights keeping watch, that was obvious, no one wanted someone who would shirk guard duty, right?  The way his eyes flicked towards the door ever so subtly when she mentioned an acquaintance suggested he either knew, or suspected who her acquaintance was.  Likewise she'd seen a flash of approval when she mentioned the temple.  She never said what temple so it must be more about the fact that she had faith, an upbringing, maybe a respect for the gods and goddesses?  The most telling moment of pleasure on his face came when she had mentioned wanting someone to trust.  But there had been something else as well, a wistfulness?  Someone who had been betrayed, or who did not trust easily perhaps?<br/><br/>The strangest reactions had come when she'd said a 'man' of good character, a look of mirth. Why would he be amused by the fact that she saught a man?  Was he not a man?  Finally the most obvious moment of his reactions came when she said someone who would lust after her looks.  That was a very easy reaction to read, desire.  He obviously found lust in her looks.  But what did that mean?  Is that what he meant when he said they wouldn't be well matched?  Because he DID desire her for her looks?<br/><br/>In addition to all of the other clues she'd read on his face, in his body.  What was it about this man?  She knew she could get up and walk away.  But she also had a sense that if she could just put the peices of the puzzle together, maybe say the right thing, she might turn it around.  Then she realized his dismissal.  That too, like his trying to bait her out, that as well was a test.  To see if she would give up easily.  This man was clever.  But what was it about his reactions that would lead her to the right response?  It was there, in front of her, somehow, and she had but a few seconds to puzzle it out as he took a sip of his ale.