Looking at the others, and listening to them, Alexander stayed quiet for a while. He waited, observed, watching the others and sighing slightly, nodding his head to Talanna again once Rilyth had drawn away Lebanon's attention for the moment, and then Belinda had stepped in as well. He observed the three of them briefly, then taking a deep breath and sighing out, loudly.<br/><br/>"I have my reasons to be part of this. I intend to remain. I will fight if I have to, but that is not my purpose. I am merely saying that if such a time comes, I will be ready." He looked at Lebanon seriously. "I know this will be bloody. That this will be ugly. I consider myself a kind man, but I also consider myself a man of conviction. I have commited myself to this path, and I will follow it."<br/><br/>Smiling, he shrugged a bit afterwards and chuckled, seeming to shrug the anger away and find something amusing about this situation. "I was brought along originally though because I am a guy that can move some items from the wealthy along to right clients and turn fancy artwork, jewels and the like into actual coinage that can help fund whatever efforts are chosen." He shrugged faintly. "Or to cover someone's bartab if they prefer." He made this last remark half-joking.<br/><br/>"I am a merchant, and I am one of those who has a bit of power that could mean I would be killed just to be safe if caught with it. I dont want to live in fear for the rest of my life. I will face those fears alongside you, helping you where I can. If its best done selling goods further and making sure to have the money, so be it. If its to serve as a contact between the ones among nobility and the ones among the streets, I will do so. If it comes to a point that people believe my presence, and the bombs I carry, would be of use, I will be there to help with them."<br/><br/>He narrowed his eyes. "Now, a good reason I am not a spy among nobles is my temper, pushed too far, questioned and annoyed, I know I can let my mind run faster than my common sense, and sometimes I am tempted to enjoy what I have created." He shrugged a hint. "I got rid of most of my anger in a puff of smoke there, it has a rather healing effect to break something on occasion." The young man chuckled, his golden hair coming a bit loose, a strand of hair hanging in front of his left eye as he looked from person to person.<br/><br/>"Don't worry, I do know to not use them as commonly in general, but if you think I'm a mere humble apothecary without any power, I'd like to remind you that nobody has stolen from my store in a good while. Not since the rumor started that I stack a few decoy-bombs into my shelves as well at times, so any would-be-shoplifter has a good chance to earn a nickname like 'stumpy'." He shrugged. "Exaggeration and misleading whisper, but surprisingly effective. Especially when there -has- been word that I have created things for bards, such as flash powder. Some people seem to think that a bomb only needs a good deal of that and something as nasty as lamp oil." He shrugged a bit, then pausing. "Though that might create a rather interesting effect, but the explosive force would be too weak to.." He blinked again, pausing. "Ahem, I'm getting lost on my topic again, and second, I should have already stopped these rants." He sighed. "Anyhow, I wont throw more bombs and I wont try and go out with you to your jobs, but I will be there to help with what I can, and that depends on what will be necessary at the times ahead."<br/><br/>That said, he moved to take a seat nearby, sighing heavily but then nodding his head at Talanna, Rilyth and Belle. He looked at Samuel at the man's encouraging words, bowing his head gratefully. "Thank you, all of you." He smiled a bit, but sat down then. "I'll try and hold my tongue, we are badly sidetracked once again. We should finish our immediate plans, afterall, and then see what the night brings." That said, he remained quiet there on, at least for now, trying to hold his tongue unless addressed directly.