#⋆𓆩☠︎︎𓆪⋆ RUGAN — canon.

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@selunaris asked : ❛  will you please slow down a little?  ❜

  "hells,"  he  grumbled  beneath  labored  breath.  he  was  trying  to  get  the  fuck  out  of  this  place,  as  quickly  as  his  feet  could  carry  him, and he  didn't  need  some  whining  little  pup  trailing  after  him  —  most  especially  not  the one  who'd  gotten  him  in  this  mess  to  begin  with.  zarys  and  the  rest  were  dead by the hands of the cleric and her comrades,  the  shipment  for  which  he  was  responsible  taken into her possession,  and  who  was  going  to  have to answer for it all? not her.

  oh,  and  the  worst  part?  he  didn't  even  have  olly  and  his  child-like  foolishness  to  keep  him  entertained  on  the  road.  where  in  the  nine  hells  was  he  even  supposed  to  go  now?

  "leave  me  the  fuck  alone."  rugan's  voice  was  a  low  growl,  and  as  he  turned  to  face  lunaris,  his  dominant  hand  deftly  found  the  hilt  of  his  dagger.  "you've  caused  enough  trouble  at  my  expense.  the  least  you  could  do  is  let  me  go  my  own  way  quietly.  you  owe  me  a  hell  of  a  lot  more  than  that,  but  you  can  consider  it  a  debt  repaid."

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  it  would  be  impossible  for  the  shift  in  her  expression  to  go  unnoticed  —  the  change  from  petulant  pout  to  frustrated  furrowed  brows.  rugan  didn't  pride  himself  in  being  a  learned  man,  but  people?  he  knew  people.  he  was  in  the  business  of  knowing  people;  in  his  line  of  work,  one  wrong  read  on  the  situation  could  mean  one's end.  he'd  pegged  her  to  be  the  reactive  type,  so  that  part  of  it  didn't  come  as  a  surprise.  what  did,  however,  was  her  own  seeming  shock  toward  the  way  he'd  responded.  what  else  had  she  expected?

  perhaps  the  trader  would  say  more  on  the  matter  if  she  hadn't  immediately  thrown  out  her  follow-up  question.  where  are  you  even  going  to  go?  the  fact  that  he  had  no  plan,  no  clear  path  forward,  was  a  larger  problem  than  he  wanted  to  admit.  his  stubbornness  and  pride  wished  it  hadn't  been  so  easy  to  see.  maybe  getting  her  off  his  tail  would  be  easier  that  way.

  the  hand  hovering  over  the  hilt  of  his  dagger  dropped.  violence  would  do  neither  of  them  any  good.  in  truth,  he  didn't  wish  to  hurt  her.  he'd  seen  enough  blood  these  past  days.  "i  don't  want  to  get  myself  killed,  but  i'm  also  not  blind  to  the  fact  that  death  seems  to  keep  coming  and  knocking  on  my  door  regardless  of  what  i  do."  rugan  gave  luna  a  quick  once-over.  she  was  so  small  and  yet  carried  herself  in  such  a  larger-than-life  manner.  he  supposed  most  heroes  had  that  sort of presence .  "soon  there'll  be  not  a  single  city  i  can  set  foot  in  without  risking  my  life.  a  missing  shipment  doesn't  go  unnoticed, and  word  travels  fast  among  the  zhent."  his  weight  shifted  from  one  leg  to  another,  a  deep  sigh  exhaled.  "i've  got  no  where  to  go,  so  i  guess  it's  hotting  the  road  and  surviving  off  the  land  for  me."

Things had escalated rather quickly and dramatically; none of this had turned out how Luna had intended but that was the hand she was dealt. With Rugan speeding away from her, Luna struggled to keep up with her shorter legs, only to stumble slightly as he came to a sudden stop to face her. She had come to a stop perhaps a little closer than intended, but a big enough gap remained for her to see his hand move to his dagger.

Her brows raised as she met his eyes once more. The absolute audacity! Still, she was undeterred, despite the obvious threat. In such close range, she knew there would be little she could do to fight him off if he did decide to attack.

"I owe you--?" Luna was shocked, lips parted for a moment as she tried to scramble her thoughts together. "Perhaps I should have just left you for the gnolls then! The whole reason you're even standing here now is because I saved your... your stupid ass! And if I hadn't come here, guess what? You'd still be tied to that chair and probably dead by now!" She knew she could not have just knowingly left him to either fate, but she still partly wished she had if only to avoid his ingratitude. Humans were so... irritating.

"And where are you even going to go? You're just determined to get yourself killed, aren't you?"