"I don't earn things," Sparta said flatly. "They just happen to me." Carl handed Sparta a bag, eyeing the elf suspiciously. He'd probably known that weird elf for a while, maybe trusted him, Sparta supposed. Or maybe just no one loved him enough yet to get in someone's face about it if it hadn't gone outright hostile. Sparta began shoving stuff into the empty bag, as many furs and as much cheese as he could make fit. Not enough. Not as much as if he had time for a horse, but he didn't like this situation. Didn't understand this guy's deal. Elves weren't immune; he knew all too well. Maybe he was some kind of wizard or something, to recognize that magic was taking place. Like Sparta could stop it even if he wanted to.
"Robbing them implies they're not giving stuff to me of their own free will. Hey, you." He pointed at a girl in the crowd, one who was clutching mittens and looking nervously between the elf and Sparta. "Do you like me?"
The girl turned bright red, started stammering. "Um, I, uh, I mean, y-yeah, um, of course, you're, uh, that is..."
"If I asked, would you mind giving me those mittens?"
"Do you want them?" she asked, lighting up like a rising sun. "I, I made them myself!"
"You did a great job," he said, laying it on only to make a point to this asshole. "I'd love them."
Excitedly, she half-ran, half-stumbled over to him, and pressed them into his hands.
"See?" Sparta asked the man irritably. "That's what it's supposed to look like when you care about someone. Maybe work on that about yourself. If it's even something that can be fixed." He pulled the mittens on if only to save room in the bag, which he'd crammed with as much fur and cheese as he could and still have it close. He threw it on over his shoulders, then hefted up a sack of mystery grains. "For the love of fuck, don't follow me. Don't let him follow me," he added, to the caravan this time. "A grown man couldn't possibly have good intentions for following me alone into the woods, right?"
He grunted a little as he shifted his heavy load, and then started heading back up into the mountains, listening carefully for the sounds of a scuffle behind him. He might have to run. He'd probably need to run. Actually, he'd just start running now, to be safe.
"Robbing them implies they're not giving stuff to me of their own free will. Hey, you." He pointed at a girl in the crowd, one who was clutching mittens and looking nervously between the elf and Sparta. "Do you like me?"
The girl turned bright red, started stammering. "Um, I, uh, I mean, y-yeah, um, of course, you're, uh, that is..."
"If I asked, would you mind giving me those mittens?"
"Do you want them?" she asked, lighting up like a rising sun. "I, I made them myself!"
"You did a great job," he said, laying it on only to make a point to this asshole. "I'd love them."
Excitedly, she half-ran, half-stumbled over to him, and pressed them into his hands.
"See?" Sparta asked the man irritably. "That's what it's supposed to look like when you care about someone. Maybe work on that about yourself. If it's even something that can be fixed." He pulled the mittens on if only to save room in the bag, which he'd crammed with as much fur and cheese as he could and still have it close. He threw it on over his shoulders, then hefted up a sack of mystery grains. "For the love of fuck, don't follow me. Don't let him follow me," he added, to the caravan this time. "A grown man couldn't possibly have good intentions for following me alone into the woods, right?"
He grunted a little as he shifted his heavy load, and then started heading back up into the mountains, listening carefully for the sounds of a scuffle behind him. He might have to run. He'd probably need to run. Actually, he'd just start running now, to be safe.
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