Matthew looked first at the swordsman who called him Mack. "My names Matthew..." He said rather carefully pulling his hand away from the sword as he then looked to the giant of a man in front of him. Jerod he said his name was, his accent was thick, he must have been from Ferox, probably further north than your average Feroxi citizen. They both seemed nice enough, it had been about a couple hours since his and Saya's return of course Andres always had a talent for spreading the word fast. No doubt Isa would sending some of her soldiers to join them, she probably wanted to be here herself but she was needed to help the army.

He decided to trust the large man, he might not have been a mercenary but no one would volunteer for this unless they really wanted to help. "Alright Jerod, I would be happy to have you along!" The tactician answered giving him a smile, as he started past Saya and towards the door. Of course, he was soon cut off when a young woman, Cynthia, as she introduced to him and Saya. She talked as if the old barracks were some sort of hide out, perhaps she had been using them for research of some sort. 

He would question her on why she was using the old barracks later, for now he shook her hands and bowed his a little. "Thank you for offering your service lady Nocturne, I'm sure having a dark mage along will be of great help to us all." The books were getting really quite heavy now, so he started quickly towards the door hoping to go inside and put them down. Little did the tactician know he was about to be rather surprised, he saw the unmistakable head of Manakete watching from the door.

It startled the young man greatly, his books flying in to the air as he fell back. "Manakete!?" He said staring at the female Manakete he had spotted as he sat on the ground. He started to brush himself off as he looked at her. "Wow... She looks so different from lady Tiki." He said then blushed as he stood up looking at her. "Sorry about that... I'm Matthew, what's your name?" He asked Mars with a gentle smile. Before he start to try and collect his dropped books, this volumes were rather rare he hoped he hadn't damaged them badly when he dropped them.