After spending so much time with his royal-blooded superiors, Niles found every other situation a little bit less tolerable. The outlaw typically thought of himself as a rounded, experienced individual. He’s spent enough time in the dirt to know that people would sleep wherever they had the luxury of doing so. It was only luck that Leo had decided to allow him into his company after committing such a grave sin against the crown. None of that particularly prepared him for this, however.
It was difficult to walk past the cloaked figure sleeping against the cobblestone wall, stomach round enough to suggest that they were in the final stages of carrying the little cretin. Niles knew that they were bound to live a life brimful with hardship. Given the circumstances, they might be lucky enough to keep both of their eyes.
He moved to step away, to return to his master, only to find that his feet failed to obey his commands. Damn it all. He couldn’t afford to be sensitive to a stranger when he had duties to attend to. Maybe, perhaps… he could remain. Just for a time.
Niles kept himself hidden, pulling his own cowl above his face as he watched the figure’s chest rise and fall with each breath. He scoffed. How pathetic of him to remain here and watch the downtrodden as he would look himself in the mirror.