[color=gold][b]Character Name:[/b][/color] Marius
[color=gold][b]Time of Day:[/b][/color] Early Morn
[color=gold][b]Location:[/b][/color] Dormitory Common Room
[color=gold][b]Interacting with:[/b][/color] Brandon[@Avant]; Anyu [@TaliPaendrag];

He smiled at the nod.  A knowing, intrigued smile.  The shift in his exposed eye was that something akin to finding the answer to a particularly difficult math problem.  He checked off a few things in his head.  He did notice she backed up and looked constantly on edge.  Of couse, small, meek possibly.  Likes to hide away in corners.  To be in the presence of a hero must be truly overwhelming for the poor creature.  He had to maybe perhaps keep his voice down when he tells her what he has already deduced.  The shock may render her comatose.  Just one more question- [color=gold]"Do you-?"[/color]

Hearing 'Phoenix' shot Marius attention over to the dwarf.  Then he pronounced it wrong, and this made Marius give him a puzzled look.  He eyeballed the dwarf before coming to a conclusion.  Merchant Tongue wouldn't be a dwarf's first language he must have tried to say his revered title but there was a bit of a loss in translation.  How embarrassing for him.  Marius cracked a smile but quickly wiped it away.  It wasn't the dwarfs fault and he wouldn't do to mock others on their short comings.

He cleared his throat and raised a finger to the dwarf. He corrected. [color=gold]"Het wordt uitgesproken als Phoenix Dawn, nadruk op de 'awn', veelgemaakte fout."[/color] [i][b][It's pronounced as Phoenix Dawn, emphasis on the 'awn', common mistake.][/b][/i] Perfect Dwarvish came from Marius, even getting the idioms and slight accent correct with the deep-throated raspiness common to the consonants.

It would fall on deaf ears it seems.  He came right up and reinsulted Marius.  This time, the brick wall that was his ego was penetrated.  The Hero huffed, but kept his composure, merely crossing his arms. With the uniform, he concluded that the Dwarf was also a student and not a professor, so they were akin to peers, atleast under the Guild Banner.  [color=gold]"Please Dwarf Man."[/color]  He stated.  Again not getting the names, he realized he didn't really get any of them, too lost in thought to focus on such insignificant details.  He couldn't even be sure if they were the people he thought they were yet.  [color=gold]"Whose being rude by interrupting someone after insulting them?  I can understand you're jeal-"[/color]

He then came to a realization like another light bulb went off in his head. His entire demeanor changed in an instant as he gave that penetrative stare again, his face intense as if he just realized something earth shattering, this time to Brandon. He had that same face when he was in the clutches of Tiana having come to his own conclusion.  He didnt bend over, but he did uncoil his arms and lean in.  [color=gold]"Are you always like this?  Constantly surly and lashing out at everything that doesn't conform to your impossibly specific expectations?"[/color]  The way he asked this question, the way he presented it was that it was a legitimate question.  Not even the slightest hint that there was meant to be an insult in it.