"You weren't meant to make it back alive" Ben took huge gulps from his mug, refilled it and had another. Looking past his brawny stature and veiny arms, he seemed like a more gentle person than Shadow had given him credit for. Although he could hardly see his lips moving with all the hair covering his chin.
"A day before you arrived, two men brought a sack of silver chips. They made a proposal which I couldn't refuse, to give the hardest mission available if a young man clad in black and a lady escort ever walked in here asking to be adventurers" Ben used the back of his hand to swipe the foam off his beard.
Shadow sighed, settling into his cups, he was drained and tired, now more so than ever. Liora wasn't with him anymore, he had sent her to her rooms, just beside his. He still had more to speak with Ben on.
