He smiled as Aiden started to sit down upon the table, if his hands were not filled with food he would have tried something a bit more interesting with one hand but she seems to notice something and moved to sit near the knight. He mentally chuckled as he continued eating. Emerald started to get them talking but the church knight and himself didn't want it right now. That was until Aiden started talking a particular flare of agitation came to life.<br/><br/>Aaric paused mid bite at Aiden words.<em>'Did she think that he was some kind of chess piece upon the board?'</em>He put the food back of his plate, took a long drink of ale, placed it back on the table and looked at her. "Aiden, was it? I don't know what your thinking right now about us in a tactical sense but please, if you don't mind, don't include me into those calculations. I do things on my own terms. People don't attack me, I attack them. If you or any of the other ladies here get into trouble I will help you out, you have my word on that, for what its worth. But, it will be from a place where I'll have the best advantage of dealing with them."  He took up his bread and pointed it towards her. "I will not plan something out in a tactical sense until I know what it is were going into. Say at least a week of planning. And I know that isn't an option with our current mission. Unless you happen to know something within your arts. Or I'm just really pissed off at something and want it to pay for some slight it did against me." he took a bite of bread and his face changed for a moment then he shallowed. "For example, the baker here left some extra ingredients in this particular loaf. I'll make my point known before we leave."<br/><br/>He finished the loaf and rethought his words. 'Make peace please' his mind rapped. "But if you believe that yourself and Lady Emerald working in tangent with Lady Ashlyn to kill a few folks while walking down an alley is a good idea, what am I to say about that? It sounds smart. I'll be somewhere else. Making sure that someone isn't going to get any of you ladies from behind."  he spoke with a smile. 'Plus I get to enjoy the view a bit more'  he thought as a side note. "As for what I did at the trails I worked a few odds and ends their to get myself in good standing. Few folks aren't as handy with a sword as myself when looking for just the right angle to strike. It impressed them. So I moved on. So far infact that they wanted me here. With all you lovely ladies. So how can I complain, much? Things are sure to get some interesting the longer we travel together. "<br/><br/>He then shifted his gaze to Emerald and took note of the large assortments of bottles under her clothes. "I'd love to get on the road sooner rather then later. But I'm going to have to sit a moment to let all this work into my stomach. Unless we got a cart we can travel on or some horses. Then I'll get a bit of a nap, add hay or some other soft material and we could pair up in the cart for a time. Or I can just ride a horse the whole way. Don't feel much like walking right this instant."<br/><br/><br/>