09-15-2016, 05:13 PM
Eliot stopped when the woman cast her gaze at him and stepped closer. She asked the one question he wasn't going to let her in on. He may be weak compared to others here - fraile even. But his money spoke words here - his father's did anyway and his name said so much more than that. But she was not Atharim. He could pull the sleeve of her blouse up and feret that out quickly enough. She was not Atharim. And neither was the man they didn't know him. And he intended to keep it that way.
But he's answer the best way he knew how - with a little truth and misdirection. "Because you don't belong here. Whatever you taken will be found again. As are all things." The man put his life at risk just entering the domain of the Atharim. Eliot leaned in and whispered. "And if I were you I wouldn't want to be caught here when the Regus returns. Being what he is is imminent death." And Eliot knew that first hand. Helping him could get him out quicker. But if he were caught he'd be in trouble too not that it mattered really he'd probably fall on his own sword if he thought the Regus was on to him.
But he's answer the best way he knew how - with a little truth and misdirection. "Because you don't belong here. Whatever you taken will be found again. As are all things." The man put his life at risk just entering the domain of the Atharim. Eliot leaned in and whispered. "And if I were you I wouldn't want to be caught here when the Regus returns. Being what he is is imminent death." And Eliot knew that first hand. Helping him could get him out quicker. But if he were caught he'd be in trouble too not that it mattered really he'd probably fall on his own sword if he thought the Regus was on to him.