"No problem. I wasn't certain, and would hate to be eating in front of you," Balfor told Alchfrid. He raised his shoulders in a slight shrug. "Just a speck of a village, we always just called it the village since we lived on a farm along the outskirts, but I'm sure it had an actual name. Mapmakers and tax collectors always like it better when they can name things, y'know?"<br/><br/>A slight flash of flesh at the nearby table of merchants caught his eye and Balfor turned slightly for a better look. There was one or two of the men who seemed familiar--he thought they might have had dealings with the caravan leader he'd worked for, but the women were new to him.<br/><br/>He turned back to Alchfrid and raised an eyebrow. "Did you say you were bought in the wilderness?"<br/>-----<br/>8-)