"Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Just trying to see through your disguise, don't mind me."
Shaking his head in disapproval at Jewel's joke, Yoze turned to Leah and saw that he was also looking at him with suspicion. Yoze couldn't help but feel a bit offended that they placed so much suspicion on him without a second thought.
Don't they know that all rumors have a grain of truth to them? It was way more likely that it was New Swampscott City dealing with these thugs than him a scholar and martial art enthusiast to risk his life.
"Even though I did do it I will never tell them the truth even if they ask, " Yoze jokingly thought to himself before reminding Jewel that they needed to get in line to enter the city to resupply before leaving for a few day's journeys to New Swampscott.