@PMNiceties of company aside, there was always one simple request that always come too late for those that the Knight affiliated themselves with. The cautious sort that the girl claimed to be had made numerous flaws that wouldn't dissuade the least violent idiot, her demeanor was so pleasant and welcoming that the sarcasm danced in tandem with Kaite's demons. It was nothing to lose her grip over, although the 'innocent and coy' act was glaring in ways that made the Black Knight hesitate a step to regain distance so they wouldn't be tempted to do something silly like attack an unarmed girl for being unable to make up her mind.
Kaitra reached a hand under her helmet to do her best to rub her temples, "A fair point" she sighed, making judgments and deductions about the woman with the passing moments. If Kaitra had been wrong and the girl simply lived in the middle of nowhere, of course they'd have no clue who she was. The knight's heart sunk slightly, pushed back up with a dark force which time and time again had put her back on her feet when she thought the next step couldn't bear her weight.
I mean, it's not like I could go to town to get provisions if I needed to. If everyone knew the rules, then I'd surely starve...The curiousness was in how many lives such a fate could potentially save-hhhrrn...Or harm? I mean, it's not like I've done so much more good than harm. The merchants with their asking what I want. It was always so close. Technicalities kept me from speaking once the hunt was on and...I guess call me weird, but I knew what I was doing as long as there was no reason to feel threatened. I would rather weird-it-up on the first unguarded stranger in weeks that didn't try something than dick around in a thicket, trancing over the faces of people who didn't deserve my steel.She blinked out of her thoughts at the mention of stew. "I haf fresh provisions if you vould allow me to...hrm..." her sentence halted, convinced that helping wasn't worth pushing for. In truth, it was difficult for Kaite to read the girl beyond the nonsense they were fed with being led on a winding path to nothing in Kaite's forest. As far as the knight knew, the girl thought she was a dunce with no experience in these parts...but that was hopefully the paranoia talking. Her voice began again after a moment of silence, accompanied by the jingling of coins as Kaite counter her gains. "I cannot go into town, alone...iz suspicious" she spoke in a serious tone, doing their best to drop their visor to hide their expressions, "Ehn I can pay you quite vell to let me stay for even just ze night. Zeh dirt unt stones pale to the simplest of roofs over mein head. Ehn...hrm...no, zeht vould be enough."
She hummed a soft sigh as she finished counting. Kaite's disappointment wasn't in her inability to carry her word with gold, but quite the opposite. The coins weighed heavily on her soul and she wanted to be rid of as much of the small fortune as she could. It was by choice that she didn't know how much she had, exactly, since every cent belonged to corpses left to rot by her hand. The murders were like a bad addiction she couldn't control. It was such a slippery slope that sometimes all it took was a passing glance of disgust to set her off. In this, the pleasantness of the girl was refreshing. Again, it wasn't so much that Kaite had a problem with sleeping in the woods, however tempting a
weekend stay in a VIP suite worth of gold was to butter up her intended host to ask if she could fix herself a bath at the very least, but that the money wasn't worth its weight and the idea of sharing a meal with someone who wasn't being held at knife-point...
Fortune smiles on those who do not recognize the ebony glint. Kaitra simply wished to be a 'gentlemanly' guest somewhere away from accusing eyes.
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