Loxley leans his arm against some cave rock as he watches Athessa disappear ahead, content to play 'guy with a sword' for this particular expedition. Even as he notes her tactics, form, with the specific kind of interest of a person so used to doing exactly what she is doing now.
Which is why, when she reports back that there's merely one, he says to Richard in quiet aside--
no subject
Loxley leans his arm against some cave rock as he watches Athessa disappear ahead, content to play 'guy with a sword' for this particular expedition. Even as he notes her tactics, form, with the specific kind of interest of a person so used to doing exactly what she is doing now.
Which is why, when she reports back that there's merely one, he says to Richard in quiet aside--
"Would you care to verify?"