"... Some of them looked at you with a lot of animosity. How could you ignore that?" Esmeralda asked.
Both Rain and Branden were caught off guard by the sudden question. It was the first time Esmeralda had made an effort to engage in conversation with Rain, which made the situation even more surprising for both of them.
"Their anger is lukewarm compared to the rage and bloodlust of people in a war that had been away from their homes for months," Rain replied. "It also helps that I don't care if they hate me since I never caused problems for them. They always start fights with me, so I am automatically in the right all the time."
"I don't think that it is that simple…" Braden furrowed his eyebrows.
