Hugh just let himself pass into comfort as he felt Sana lean against him. He sat rather broadly and appeared like an unmovable object, giving support to her body. He slowly puffed at his pipe, as his thoughts passed along. He was very contented and looked so, with the slight smile appearing on his face.

His peace was interrupted by a sudden change in situation, when he looked at the wrong time to see the stranger groping their leader. A single eyebrow raised up, producing the most appropriate quizzical expression. He didn't know how to react to this first scenario, but the next thing he heard made his mind scramble with confusion. It appeared that the bard had very little sexual experience, and it would probably not be like that for long.

Sana burst out laughing and started rolling on the ground in reaction to Ellyn and Hugh started to chuckle expressively. The entire situation was comical to him, as everyone was laughing and he was joining in. His eyes began to water from the laughter, as he wiped them off and cooled down after a few seconds of hard laughing. 

Sana had been laughing into Hugh's knees, and he just patted her on the back as she let it out. It wasn't long before she gained control of her laughter and rested her head on Hugh's knees. He looked up and around with a smile on his face. He looked at peace for the moment, like he wasn't about to be engaged in a fight for his life.

It surprised him when a canopy came over the wagon and blocked out the sun, but he was happy with result. Shade was great. Far better than pure darkness, like what they had tried a few days earlier. Of course the pleasantness of the shade was interrupted by the wagon being stopped suddenly, and the sound of confrontation.

It appeared that they had come face to face with an encampment of elves and there were a lot of elves, all here to fight this one character they called by the name [i]Eliphas[/i]. They droned on about how it was going to decide the fate of the world and how there would be [i]no safe haven[/i].

"Riiiiight." Replied Hugh, as he seemed to talk feeling there would be no response. He had heard all too many times about the fate of the world or something resting in the outcome of some fight. He had lost enough to know that was never the case. "I'm not fighting for the rest of the world. I don't care about the world's problems. All I know is that a lot of people might die today, and I'd rather not see that." He griped the words. It was rather impossible to see Hugh ever going back to being a paladin. He had seen enough of [i]saving the world[/i] to realize that it was only about the people right there, right then. 

The world had a natural order that would never be stopped, but some people liked to cause a lot of ruckus just because they wanted to feel bigger than that. That in itself pissed Hugh off enough to battle tyrants. To him, tyrants just seemed like spoiled children whom hadn't the good parents to teach them right, and now the world had to deal with their stupid kids as adults.

Hugh began puffing on his pipe once again, calming himself from the small amount of banter. He wasn't particularly interested in more chatter with the elves, almost as if he had actually had a conversation with them. He simply remained seated, all of his weapons available for quick access.

He was especially brought out of his slight grumpiness by Sana coming over and leaning against him once again. He felt at ease and contented, stealing this precious moment with Sana and savoring it in his memory. He let out a calm sigh and said, quietly, "I suppose I can take on another tyrant just one more time."