"I ain't so. Night I met him, matter o' fact." He waved away the bread. Taru paid fair, as he said, and the girl had more need of it than he, scrawny thing that she was.Â
"Was in Ul'dah, in the Quicksand. Eh..." he scratched his head, "can't recall how we got started, but this 'un right 'ere?" He indicated a short but deep scar on his jaw that peeked over the edge of his beard, "Got 'er fallin' face first on a pile o' mugs. Shattered 'em all. Drunk as he was, and he was just 'bout drunk as me, he tried workin' some magic on me bleedin' face," he explained. He fingered the little scar and said, "Not such bad work for castin' blind. Next evenin' when we finally dragged our arses outta bed, he had a job fer me and we been workin' 'em time to time e'er since."
He looked across at her. Sitting there on her haunches, munching and listening to stories she really did look just a kid. He watched her as though expecting further disbelieving protestations.
"Was in Ul'dah, in the Quicksand. Eh..." he scratched his head, "can't recall how we got started, but this 'un right 'ere?" He indicated a short but deep scar on his jaw that peeked over the edge of his beard, "Got 'er fallin' face first on a pile o' mugs. Shattered 'em all. Drunk as he was, and he was just 'bout drunk as me, he tried workin' some magic on me bleedin' face," he explained. He fingered the little scar and said, "Not such bad work for castin' blind. Next evenin' when we finally dragged our arses outta bed, he had a job fer me and we been workin' 'em time to time e'er since."
He looked across at her. Sitting there on her haunches, munching and listening to stories she really did look just a kid. He watched her as though expecting further disbelieving protestations.
