Ceoluulf studied the merchant's face like a hawk.  Though he did not have the particular insights that Renolf surely possessed, nearly every man's face had subtle nuances that could be read and scrutinized like print on a page.  They might not always reveal the interior, but it was usually the small things that mattered most.  Of course it could be that the man was being truthful, and that only the tense grief of a father in his painful position would show through.  Still, it paid to be cautious.<br/><br/>[Perception] 1d20+7= 21 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=20349)