"You must think me an idiot." He suddenly called to her. He had observed her mannerisms very carefully the entire time by that point. He noticed it before she thought he did...he was a smart guy for a reason. Books and cleverness had kept him alive that long and he would put it all the test. She was...guiding him to far off the road for it to be a coincidence. Archanex knew they had gone much deeper into the swam like area than intended, but he kept a considerable distance from her to be snared completely.

"Next time...be more mindful of the prey you attempt to ensnare with your traps!" He knew things were off from the very beginning but she was someone who needed help...he figured by that point the wolf attack may have been engineered too. Probably for his own benefit. "So you know...I am spoken for." He called out to her, almost spitting that out. He turned to take his leave when...

She is not responding back...she probably did not even hear me. He looked off in the direction she had ran to. Too far away from the main road for this to be a coincidence. I am going to go back home and report this mission a failure... He noticed she was not returning. You try too hard. He thought to himself...Still much to learn young one. He thought as he looked in her general direction. He was glad he had listened to is gut, but he stood there for a while longer seeing if she would come back from where ever she had run off too...no chance.

He grinned. Probably better this way I would have not liked to have harmed her...too much... He looked up at the Dheathain sky. It was still late afternoon he could make it back to she safe house before it got too dark. "Until we meet again you bandage yourself on your own liar." He spat that out too, but grinned the whole time, he liked her. She had spunk even though she'd been faking it the whole time. "I have a lot to learn about Althanas women. Some are nice and some are not...but there is a lot of spice there for sure." He turned around and began to use his staff as a walking stick to get back on the main road...he would not follow her any longer to a certainly horrid fate.

I'd rather sleep at night, thank you very much. He thought to himself...She ran off on her own so oh well. "Good bye friend...until we meet again young one." He said to her in the silent stillness. He almost partially regretted not having played along with her trap, whatever it may have been...there would be other times. He started to slowly walk back towards the main road. It would be a considerable hike, but he was strong and smart...he would make it back with good time.

She ran off on her own... He smiled to himself...he'd won that battle.