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The young man sat some way away from his home. The sun had only just begun to rise and he felt a prickle on the back of his neck. His eyes closed and, with the stick in his hand, he drew lazy pictures in the sand in front of himself. With a small sigh and a roll of his neck, bones cracked, but he refused to look around at the sensation of eyes watching him.
‘I did not expect to see you here,’ he said with a small sigh. His eyes lowered to the ground and his hand stopped drawing the stick through the sand.
He didn't turn his head and he didn't look around, he didn't want to, for looking at whoever it was would engage them properly and frankly he was in no mood for prolonged conversation. Achilles dropped the stick and put a hand into the dark leather bag beside him to pull out a skin of wine. What beautiful breakfast.
'What can I do for you?'














