The hostility on the faces of Prest and Rich faded away at Jacob's reply. After all, the man was just a young lad who somehow had taken up the features of a grown man.
"Why did you change your name from Casper to Jacob then? Was it part of your mission to infiltrate our troupe?" Dedari asked Jacob, always logical since he couldn't feel emotions anyway.
"That wasn't necessary. The old woman had told me that Jacob was my real name, and not Casper. And somehow that had stuck and felt right. That's why I began answering it." Jacob answered in his usual tone.
"What old woman?" Prest and Zande asked together, before Dedari could make a query about that.
"I don't know who she is or where she had come from. But the old woman had visited me for the first time some time last month. She had also appeared to me that night when Zande had been attacked by the hunters." Jacob responded.
"You mean your society members…" Rich pointed out.
