Here Cometh the Wolves
James did not enjoy his time travelling with Saul. The guy didn't come across as the best person to be accompanied with for missions that had anything to do with talking to others. Saul sort of always came off as brooding during every second that passed. James saw Saul as someone that maybe had some deep prejudice. He also was seemingly too opinionated, and a bit rude. To James, travelling with the guy made it seem like he had a ‘God forbid we have to do our job’ type of attitude. If anything, it could just be something he has against the parties involved with this mission.
James didn't know what it really was with Saul. He never put any thought into why the guy seemed so bitter. James didn't really care at any rate, I suppose. The soldier just annoyed the ranger with how he carried himself. The whole deal was similar to when there is a fly in a room with a person, and it just becomes irritating to them. The difference being that James had a giant fly.
If Saul wouldn't tear James a new one—and I mean not the common saying, but quite literally—the ranger would probably tease the guy about it. Teenage angst jokes would have been traveling with the party the whole trip, but James knew better than to pick on any person or thing that was right next to him. Especially someone who alone could crush him. James preferred keeping a big distance between him and his targets.
After the woman reached her hand out to James, Saul spoke before anyone else even had the chance to. When he was done, James waited for Esylit to finish since she began right after. The ranger let a pause clean out the room before he spoke, since Esylit just apologized about Saul. James did not understand why she apologized about him. Then again, James always tried to ignore the man’s personality as much as he can.
James took the woman’s hand—the one who introduced herself as Janelle—and gave her a warm smile. She intimidated the hell out of James so the smile was not an easy effort, but he was able to pull it off. He let go and saluted his host while he introduced himself, “James Schatten of the Queen’s Blades. It’s lovely to meet you, ma’am. But I am sorry that it had to be through duty.” James waited for the remaining two to introduce themselves.