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Ni Deng looked up from the patch of ground he had been tending to since a few hours 'ere dawn. There were two men who would join him, and three others. One of his partymembers had his sword drawn.
Ni packed his gardening tools and got up. Then he quickly went to the warrior's side. Or it would have been quickly had he been younger.
Finally arriving, he caught the fighter by the arm.
"What are this being?" he asked.
"Why you go try kill that man like that?"
Not waiting for a reply, he adressed the three others.
"Telling me, what you want and why you want?"
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