Nicademus looked on as the other women in the group tried to justify the presence of the Dorcha in their midst, first by the argument that they had murdered more than enough of her kinsmen on their way to the village and then by using the fact that the Dwarf amongst their group trusted the Dorcha enough to let her be a part of their group, words that were backed up by the Dwarf himself. Still, Nicademus wasn't wholly convinced something that was plain by the suspicious look still etched on his face. Then another man amongst the group tried to defend Aeryn with the fact that she been a prisoner of the Dorcha that they had encountered, one slated for execution no less. At this Nicademus couldn't help himself and let out a brief, mirthless and bitter, laugh, the sound startling the guards near him briefly. "Her own kinsmen were trying to kill her? Does this really surprises you?" Asked the knight, who shook his head slightly. "Theirs is a cruel, vicious, race. One that is capable of great deeds of evil, you might as well have told me that it was her own family that tried to butcher her and I wouldn't be surprised, nor would I be any more sympathetic or trusting." He said, looking at the man directly in the eyes "I know full well what they are capable of, young man, I've seen what they can do, and suffered as a result of their actions....mere words won't be enough to convince me of the trustworthiness of the Dorcha that accompanies you and your group." He said, weariness palpable in his voice for the first time in the conversation, before shaking his head to refocus.

Before he could add anything more, another one of the group spoke offering what medical expertise he had to help heal the sick and wounded in the village and to help repairs the walls on the town. After this Nicademus fell silent for a long while as he thought on what to do. "Very well, we'll let you in." Said the Knight. "But, before we let you in, there are a few certain terms we must discuss before letting you into the village." He said, raising one armoured finger. "Number one, you will surrender your weapons before we let you in. All of them." He spoke, raising a second finger before proceeding once more. "Second, you'll provide help around the village. Like you said before, we have no need of coin and we do need help here. You are free to do as you please when it comes to the help you give, be it healing the sick and wounded, helping to train the town guards, or contributing to the defences of this place such as the wall and the ditch." The same motion as before repeated itself as Nicademus raised a third finger before stating the next term. "Three, you will tell me what brought you here." At last, he raised a fourth finger before speaking again. "Finally, you will have a member of the town guard accompany you when you go around the town. As I'm sure you've noticed by now, no, I still don't fully trust you, and the people of this village are my wards, so I'd like for someone that I trust, people I've known for months, to accompany you if you decide to wander around the village." 

He placed the hand that he had raised on the crossguard of his sword once again. "I understand that I demand a lot and that my suspicious of your group are plain. But, if you accept, I'm willing to give you what you want, furthermore I'm giving you the chance to prove me wrong in my assumptions." Said the knight, sheathing his sword as, hopefully, a sign that he was willing to give them a chance. "I understand if you are angry at me, mistrustful of me, but my actions are borne from my concern for this village. As I said before, prove me wring in my assumptions, show me that you can be trusted." He finished speaking, his hand resting on the pommel of his sword as he waited from the various members of the group to reply. In truth he wished to have no conflict with the group, despite his continuous misgivings about Aeryn, but he wasn't willing to give help to them blindly and put any extra risk on the village on top of its existence as a frontier settlement in the Southlands. The only thing left now for the knight to do was to wait for the groups reply, and hope that they wouldn't react violently and try and force their way into the village.

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