[quote=@wallaberry] Nadia listens quietly. "I suppose that is true. However, you cannot tell me that the fighting is justified." Her eyebrows raise and she gestured towards him. "You try to kill each other over which side of the river is better. I cannot make sense of it." She leans back onto her palms after a moment and she nods to him. "Russian." She eyes him for his reaction. "I'm just staying here for a bit to get back on my feet." [i]And maybe home?[/i] Nadia explains to him. [/quote] Marik shook his head. "Of course it is not justified, but it does not need to be. Being able to turn into an animal seems reason enough." He only nodded to her affirmation of her accent. "Far from home then?" His eyes narrowed at her last sentence. "Back on your feet? What occurred to get you off them then?" He considered the forest around them for a moment. "Perhaps I might have guessed an unfortunate situation from our surroundings. Had you any money I am sure the woods would not be your first choice of location."