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Lucian stopped in his tracks at the sound of a woman's voice. A voice that had a slight accent he wasn't entirely familiar with. He turned slowly and looked at the woman, resting the shovel against his shoulder as she started towards them. The older man felt a twinge of annoyance as she told him that it was bad luck to disturb the dead. He then took notice of the interloper as well, a woman hanging at the edge but seemingly within earshot. He recognized the two women however. They'd been part of the group that came from Dornwich. He hadn't said anything as he had thought nothing of them, merely people looking for a place to go or travelers who saw the benefit of travelling with a group. Regardless, they had both followed them to the graveyard and that didn't seem like coincidence. No, they had come here for a reason. 

[color=ed145b]"Who are these people?"[/color] Lua asked. Lucian stabbed the shovel into the earth and moved his cloak to show the loaded crossbow. [color=darkred][b]"An excellent question, apprentice. Judging from this one's garb, I suspect she's a foreigner. Perhaps a mystic of some sort. The other seems to be a warrior. Perhaps a mercenary. In either case, they have been following us since Dornwich"[/b][/color] Lucian said. When they seemed a bit surprised he'd noticed them, he continued. 

[color=darkred][b]"In regards to the dead, I do not fear corpses. I do however fear what the corpse we are looking for may have become and I suggest if you don't want a city infested with them, you stay out of our way and allow us to do our business. I don't have time to worry about you two getting hurt or worse, killed"[/b][/color] he said as he grabbed the shovel and motioned for his apprentice to follow. He moved for the grave site and nodded. This was certainly it. Dirt was still freshly packed. That was a good sign but not a sure indicator that nothing had happened. Time for step 2.

Lucian stabbed the shovel into the wet dirt but rather then begin digging, he put his ear against the wood and closed his eyes. To an average peasant, this would probably raise an eyebrow. To someone who was clever or knew him like Lua, they'd see he was checking for vibrations in the ground. Lucian scowled and shook his head. [color=darkred][b]"Nothing. Either the man was indeed fine or he hasn't turned yet. We need to exhume the corpse and be sure"[/b][/color] he said as he sighed in annoyance. He was gonna have to get dirty now. He wasn't looking forward to digging up a dead man's grave anymore than Lua but they had a job to do, luck be damned...[/center]