Rick dropped the "man" now to the floor as the older gentleman approached him. His age suggested wise counsel and power; a person capable of great acts of valor and integrity. Perhaps this was what Rick had been looking for; someone willing to make sense of this world. Perhaps, willing to journey to Scotland--find his old friends. Perhaps the old man knew of other worthy travelers milling about the village. 

"I am Hinge, the human incarnate of the god Leul..." The old man rambled on.

[i]'Well...'[/i] Rick thought, [i]'I don't think I've been this wrong in a while. Perhaps this Terry character was more sane than I had pinned him for.'[/i]

"Well," Rick stuttered. He was almost surprised to find this much stupid in one location. "I'm Rick." 

Rick gazed over to the woman, who had just walked into the area. She seemed as confused now as he was. 

"I was hoping," He said to both Hinge the total psychopath as well as the newer woman "Someone could show me around the village."

Rick's hair-trigger had been reset based on the fact that almost everyone here was out of their freaking minds.