The man grunted, drawing himself up just a little taller as he looked down the length of his broad and fleshy nose at Ramza. Something about this boy...
"I don't know how you do things where you come from, but we don't put guests to work. Now you boys will be sleeping out here. I don't want to see either of you sneaking into my daughter's room."
"Vater," Rialynn sighed, giving him an exasperated look. "I told you, we travel together, it's not a big deal."
"This is still my house, and my rules still stand," he turned on her, bringing up all of his fatherly intimidation to bear. Then he peered at Ramza, and Duster, and RAMZA AGAIN. "Are we understood?"
Rialynn scratched the back of her head, shrugging to K'pandolu. Looked like she was the only one who wasn't going to bear any harsh scrutiny on account of being a girl and unrelated to the Kollmanns.
"Breakfast is when the cock crows. If you sleep in, you don't get fed. That goes for everybody," he squinted at Rialynn. "You be careful about who you talk to in town. We're on your side far as I know, but a little coin can change a desperate man."
Her face grew serious and she nodded. "I'll be careful. Thanks."
He scowled, grunting as he nodded. But there was a faint crinkling in the corner of his eyes where his smile remained hidden behind the thick patch of a dark beard.
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"I don't know how you do things where you come from, but we don't put guests to work. Now you boys will be sleeping out here. I don't want to see either of you sneaking into my daughter's room."
"Vater," Rialynn sighed, giving him an exasperated look. "I told you, we travel together, it's not a big deal."
"This is still my house, and my rules still stand," he turned on her, bringing up all of his fatherly intimidation to bear. Then he peered at Ramza, and Duster, and RAMZA AGAIN. "Are we understood?"
Rialynn scratched the back of her head, shrugging to K'pandolu. Looked like she was the only one who wasn't going to bear any harsh scrutiny on account of being a girl and unrelated to the Kollmanns.
"Breakfast is when the cock crows. If you sleep in, you don't get fed. That goes for everybody," he squinted at Rialynn. "You be careful about who you talk to in town. We're on your side far as I know, but a little coin can change a desperate man."
Her face grew serious and she nodded. "I'll be careful. Thanks."
He scowled, grunting as he nodded. But there was a faint crinkling in the corner of his eyes where his smile remained hidden behind the thick patch of a dark beard.