Frostbound

I had no reason not to follow her so I kept pace behind her as she walked toward the keep that was under construction. When we arrived, there was already a table and chairs set out for us. Austin wanted nothing to do with the lunch and left me high and dry saying he had important things to do making the chair set out for him empty.

The bastard.

My mind couldn't comprehend why Tracy was acting like she was and it was looking for some indication of a trick or trap. I feared poison at first but even that was too underhanded for something she would do.

Still, I kept my vigilance up just in case.

"Sit, sit, tell me of your travels. How was the surrounding area, did you come across anything interesting?" Tracy started while what appeared to be an aide came to serve us both food.

It was a cut of meat from something nearby, I suspected, along with some kind of berry sauce. There were no grains or vegetables as those were rare to find.

Without a reason not to, I went into my story.

"Our travels were mostly mundane. The forest and plains were mostly free of anything high level and there weren't that many people to be found. We gathered all who wished to join and pointed the rest in the direction they wanted to go. The only interesting thing we encountered was a dungeon about a week's travel Southeast." I explained.

There was no reason to hold anything back. We were on a one-way trip through the area and nothing we came across needed to be kept secret.

"Oh, a dungeon? Did you go into it?" She asked and I nodded, "Fascinating things, really. When I went into the one near here it was unlike anything I had seen. It kind of reminds me of the fallen pylons but a little bit more organized."

Alright, this is getting confusing and I'm sick of it.

She was acting like we were friends having a casual chat and I couldn't take it anymore.