[quote=WittyReference]
Not to say it was out of character mind you but I think it might have been a bit premature to coax everyone down. I know Falkreath was our destination and we wanna get the show on the road, but I felt Cub was in a good position to keep things tense long enough for some genuine interaction since we've supposedly been traveling together for a while. The posts were flying in to make sense of the bellowing Orc, the almost-fist-fight and Cairo's stew :p
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I actually just wanted to have Francis throw his two cents in with what I though he would say. After losing a friend to impulsiveness he wouldn't let it stand that people would actually want to take the offensive so quickly after their first experience. He also is threatened by and doesn't like Cub on account of him being an Orc, who aren't terribly welcome in High Rock, and being bigger than Vendel with none of the friendship. I don't think he saw a reason to take part in being one of the people to look for a fight among the only people he can trust/hide-behind now that his friend and companion is gone. It's not that his intentions were to coax everyone down, just to drink wine in a dry place. If a tense moment happens again, it might be different. I could find a reason for Francis to want to fight everyone around him, maybe, probably. We'll see.