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Emil makes a little choking sound in his throat at Aldis's question. He bring his hand up and rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment. Of course. Town this small, word was bound to get around about him loitering in front of the building. If he couldn't bring himself to go in he should at least have tried to be more inconspicuous. 

"That's a, uh, that's a fine compliment you're paying me, and I been wanting to go in there for a while now, but..." he sighed and averted his eyes, looking down at the pile of wood in front of him. "Truth be told I'm a bloody coward. Probably get it from my Da. I mean, look," he says, looking up and gesturing to Sarah, "I get spooked on a hunt one day and go running to trouble our Blacksmith Lightbane over it. I'm going to hunt rabbits decked out like I'm off to war." He slap his knee and lets out a hearty laugh at this. "Honestly, though, thank ya. But at this point I'm barely a match for the forest trees."

Then his face suddenly hardened, and he looks the Sentinel square in the eye. His tone, however, doesn't change at all. "They'll damn near kill ya given half the chance."