Warren didn't know how to respond to the questions the elezen had presented him. His fists balled on their own as he stared down his opposite, knowing the pointy-eared bastard had him dead to rights.
"You may speak freely. If I intended you harm, I would have had my numerous and well-trained accompaniment lead the way." He smiled, holding out his arms to show empty hands.
"I wanted to pay my respects," Warren replied while keeping his tone guarded. It was roughly true; The girl didn't deserve to die like that.
"Didn't you do that yesterday? To a stranger, no less. I doubt you two had much to say to one another." The smile never faded and Warren had never wanted to punch someone's teeth in that badly.
"Trust me young man. This isn't a road you want to go down. You don't have any idea what you're brushing against, but I assure you..." The elezen took his time stepping down the few stairs to the bottom level properly, letting his sentence hang until he was standing on even ground with Warren. "It will destroy you." The older man's words were accompanied with a smile, one that Warren immediately considered either insane or assured.
"I don't even know what you're talking about. I just wanted to see the girl one more time." Warren tried to keep his thoughts guarded against the elezen's searching eyes. It was the stare of a predator.
"And you did. And she is just a girl, and there is no reason for you to remain here any longer. Whitebrim is on the edge of a battleground, you know. It would be truly, truly awful if harm were to befall you." The elezen stepped to the side, gesturing towards the steps and beyond it, the exit.
"Yeah yeah, I'm moving. I get the point." Warren kept eye contact as he passed by while he reminded himself he was in enemy territory. No sooner had he stepped up to the main level did the pair of guards step around the doorway, spears at the ready.
"See that you do, or I shall see that you do."
While the elezen laughed at his joke, Warren made his way back outside. He didn't have a clue what was going on, but he was on the cusp of something Ishgard was prepared to kill him for.
"You may speak freely. If I intended you harm, I would have had my numerous and well-trained accompaniment lead the way." He smiled, holding out his arms to show empty hands.
"I wanted to pay my respects," Warren replied while keeping his tone guarded. It was roughly true; The girl didn't deserve to die like that.
"Didn't you do that yesterday? To a stranger, no less. I doubt you two had much to say to one another." The smile never faded and Warren had never wanted to punch someone's teeth in that badly.
"Trust me young man. This isn't a road you want to go down. You don't have any idea what you're brushing against, but I assure you..." The elezen took his time stepping down the few stairs to the bottom level properly, letting his sentence hang until he was standing on even ground with Warren. "It will destroy you." The older man's words were accompanied with a smile, one that Warren immediately considered either insane or assured.
"I don't even know what you're talking about. I just wanted to see the girl one more time." Warren tried to keep his thoughts guarded against the elezen's searching eyes. It was the stare of a predator.
"And you did. And she is just a girl, and there is no reason for you to remain here any longer. Whitebrim is on the edge of a battleground, you know. It would be truly, truly awful if harm were to befall you." The elezen stepped to the side, gesturing towards the steps and beyond it, the exit.
"Yeah yeah, I'm moving. I get the point." Warren kept eye contact as he passed by while he reminded himself he was in enemy territory. No sooner had he stepped up to the main level did the pair of guards step around the doorway, spears at the ready.
"See that you do, or I shall see that you do."
While the elezen laughed at his joke, Warren made his way back outside. He didn't have a clue what was going on, but he was on the cusp of something Ishgard was prepared to kill him for.
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