06-09-2014, 03:37 PM
Salem only glanced over towards the child because of Smitty's line-of-sight catching him. Waving the child over, Salem spoke out. "It's fine, Robert. He's just a jumpy guy with an axe." Hardly comforting, but eventually the boy stepped over to stand directly behind Salem. His attention focused on Smitty again, Salem shook his head simply. "Doubt it. I was sent out to find him two days ago, and the village was fine then. 'We' checked? There're more of you?"