One moment, the three of them had been calmly talking behind the crates, and in the next the sailors were upon them. Era sadly thought on how much harder it was to hide in a city. There were more people, sure, and more space, but that didn't seem to matter. That just meant someone was always watching, that every corner was filled with something, depleting the number of places you could disappear into. Apparently 'behind crates' wasn't a horribly original hiding place, and as such the sailors found them there almost as soon as they had started looking. Once again Era froze at the intrusion of other voices into their conversation, although the sailors' yelling disturbed her more than Marv's conversational tone and she startled. Ulric fell backwards, and only Marv was left unruffled by the intrusion. Although the sailors must have said something wrong, because a brief angry look passed over his face before he calmly exited the crate hideout to confront them. Era followed him out, lingering just outside of the crates, behind him. There was safety in numbers, and besides, then if the sailors got really really angry again she could pull Marv away too and maybe find a better hiding spot. This time though, the sailors weren't the only angry ones, Marv was too. His tone was deliberate and it was clearly meant to be intimidating. She didn't quite understand what he had against the guard, but it must be part of the coup thing. She really needed to learn more about that, the longer she was in this city the more it seemed important. Marv ended with an impassioned defense of Ulric and Era decided she could jump in too. There really was safety in numbers, and perhaps together they could convince the sailors they were wrong? Then they wouldn't need to be angry, and Marv wouldn't need to be angry, and everyone could walk away happy. Still standing behind Marv, taking comfort in him being between her and the sailors, Era leaned around him to add in a firm voice, "He didn't do anything wrong, so there's no reason to be yelling at him. " Then she finished in a slightly admonishing tone,"Be friendly." |