Leonie & Alois B / houses.fedatamine.com

Leonie enters the scene

Alois enters the scene

Hey, Alois! Tell me another story about Captain Jeralt, will you?

I've told you so many! I don't have an endless supply, you know.

There is one that comes to mind, however— that time the captain nearly killed me!

What?! What did you do?!

It wasn't that I had done anything wrong. That wouldn't be much of a story, would it?

No. We were at an inn, making merry. Suddenly, the other guests began to gather around the captain.

They wanted him to put on a show, to entertain them with his skills.

Oh, I get it. They figured his aim would be great even while drunk.

That's right! He had a hatchet, and they asked him to hit targets with it.

A hatchet, huh? I guess a dagger would be too easy?

Indeed, indeed. Then the captain tells me, "Put this apple on your head, and stand over there."

Ah! So he could knock it right off, huh?

That was the idea, but the hatchet fell short of my head, nearly striking me square in the chest!

If I hadn't gotten out of the way, that inn would have been my grave.

I knew it! That's our captain, so clumsy sometimes!

True. Injuries take their toll on a man's dexterity.

Oh, so that's why? I just remember him saying his hands were no good for finesse.

Regardless—a master swordsman, that Captain Jeralt.

Even with the hatchet, now that I think of it... I never saw him miss in the training yard.

Really? Seems unlike him to miss that apple, then.

Yes, that just dawned on me. Throwing that hatchet, he shouldn't have missed so badly.

Do you think maybe he was secretly angry with you?

I'm not sure! What if the captain was, in fact, trying to kill me?!

Ha! No way! He must have just known you would dodge the throw in time.

Horsing around at the inn, deadly serious on the battlefield. Sounds just like him, doesn't it?

Yes. Certainly an eccentric man.

Sometimes, Leonie, you quite remind me of him.

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