[He was none of those things. Politics was something he had little patience for, and he was as hard a man as you could find. He could be encouraging, he could be wise, and he was patient in his own way...but he was also used to going alone. Little would change, here, if his newfound compatriots were too weak to do what was needed. He'd just do it himself.]
no subject
They will find me an unmotivated audience.
[His head tilts as he rises, studying her.]
A stone? Some manner of key?