RONIN
kiss your perfect day goodbye
Ronin's footsteps are already slowing as he makes out the shape of a man crouched in the meadow - one of these things is not like the others - and as Pierce draws up to his full height, the Knight stops altogether.
He does recognise him, recalling the strange and somewhat uncomfortable meeting out at the Bone Bridges, and there is no reason for the other man to be up here in the Cordillera as far as he can tell. No reason for him to be able to stand here unmolested by the dragons, no reason to have been looking for him at all.
Unless he's looking for trouble, and already Ronin is getting the impression that he's found it.
"You've come a long way for a question," he says politely enough, purposely not glancing over Pierce's shoulder towards the Tramezzino nearby. "It must be an important one." Spreading his hands as if inviting Pierce to speak, Ronin nods to him. "I'm listening."
He does recognise him, recalling the strange and somewhat uncomfortable meeting out at the Bone Bridges, and there is no reason for the other man to be up here in the Cordillera as far as he can tell. No reason for him to be able to stand here unmolested by the dragons, no reason to have been looking for him at all.
Unless he's looking for trouble, and already Ronin is getting the impression that he's found it.
"You've come a long way for a question," he says politely enough, purposely not glancing over Pierce's shoulder towards the Tramezzino nearby. "It must be an important one." Spreading his hands as if inviting Pierce to speak, Ronin nods to him. "I'm listening."
because the world is on fire
