[say]"Hm?"[/say] Ronin glances back to the scholar as he continues fighting with the map, pausing only to offer him a self-deprecating smile and a pat to the top of his head. [say]"Oh, I'll be alright,"[/say] he assures him. [say]"I've got a thick skull, it'll take more than a book to knock me out."[/say] True, and also indicative in the way he's trying (and failing) to get the map in his hands to comply.
[say]"If you wouldn't mind,"[/say] he admits with a laugh. [say]"This is of Rae's Fingers - I admit I didn't expect the map to be so big."[/say] holding out one end of the large square of parchment to Nikolai, he begins again to try following the creases in the map to fold it. [say]"It didn't even do me any good besides. Thanks for your help, though."[/say]
[say]"If you wouldn't mind,"[/say] he admits with a laugh. [say]"This is of Rae's Fingers - I admit I didn't expect the map to be so big."[/say] holding out one end of the large square of parchment to Nikolai, he begins again to try following the creases in the map to fold it. [say]"It didn't even do me any good besides. Thanks for your help, though."[/say]