His lips twitch into a smirk at the comment. It's not inaccurate, but then he's never been concerned with offering either to those who come at him with weapons. The bandits made their choice.
Altaïr remains still for a moment, curious, but quickly catches on to the meaning of the other man's actions. So it seems that leaving the foolish dead where they fell is not the thing to do in this world. He whistles for his own borrowed horse, which kept its distance from the fight but is still within eyesight. He'd rather not haul bodies himself, one at a time.
"I take it there are those who might take offense that we defended ourselves," he says. Well, one of them did, and he's not about to probe the particulars of the man's arrival on the scene.
The notion is strange to him; it's possible that the bandits have comrades in arms, but he's rarely seen loyalty among thieves, and he can't think of a good reason for the Cadens military to care. But he's new here, and intends to keep both his neck and his freedom, so he'll do what needs to be done.
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Altaïr remains still for a moment, curious, but quickly catches on to the meaning of the other man's actions. So it seems that leaving the foolish dead where they fell is not the thing to do in this world. He whistles for his own borrowed horse, which kept its distance from the fight but is still within eyesight. He'd rather not haul bodies himself, one at a time.
"I take it there are those who might take offense that we defended ourselves," he says. Well, one of them did, and he's not about to probe the particulars of the man's arrival on the scene.
The notion is strange to him; it's possible that the bandits have comrades in arms, but he's rarely seen loyalty among thieves, and he can't think of a good reason for the Cadens military to care. But he's new here, and intends to keep both his neck and his freedom, so he'll do what needs to be done.