While pacing, Sigmund bit at the skin beneath his thumb and focused on a knuckle as the Lady described the difficulty of the task before him. Knocking Hordo out was looking better by the second! His eyes turned to her when she began hinting that she knew of a remedy, but her final words stopped him in his tracks.<br/><br/>With his hands at his side and his gaze downcast, a vision of Hordo's eventual death payed Sigmund a visit.<strong>"How fortunate you are, to have enough spare time to bargain with. However, I, like Lilay, am an agent of faith. I cast away my non-essentials that I might be granted the power to right the wrongs.<br/><br/>"There is little of worth that I can offer a lady of wealth, but the soldier you would be helping is one of many whose duties revolve around protecting the city and by proxy, your posessions. I'd like to think that keeping their numbers strong would be in your interests."</strong>