The man stopped in his tracks and turned around to face them with a suspicious gaze. He appeared to have lowered his guard, but he still seemed skeptical of their identity. With a nagging suspicion, he doubtfully asked: "Why are you here? I don't think you're from the nearby village. I haven't seen you the last time I was there, and I've met everyone in that village."
"We're just lost hunters from a different village." Liena answered politely, Brawler Randy merely observing the play being put on by her with interest as he didn't expect her to suddenly change her demeanor to put on an act. He could infer that she was most likely putting on a pretense to catch her target off guard, making her job much easier, so he didn't plan on interfering by adding on to her words.
"Is that the case? I thought you were bandits. Then, which village are you from?"
