"I say again my lord, my name is Jasper." the dark virile bowed mildly, his voice upbeat and friendly. He was not easy to blow his cool, in fact his disposition always seemed calm and amused, not sunny, but not so dark either. Jasper had also changed his word choice to address the nameless master of this realm, seeing as the other virile did not seem to register Jasper's meaning respect by the term "Sir." But as that stallion also pointed out what might have been impulsive ignorance, Jasper kept his crown low as he responded, his voice calm and smooth, ever just a touch of edge adding to his mystery (not that it would help the other stallion's opinion likely).
I do not see any reason not to trust you stranger. I was told once long ago that we are all strangers in the desert, but not all vagabonds." he raised his head when he was done speaking. Still he smiled. The paler stallion was not hard to judge as far as Jasper was concerned. The dark knight had been called a cunning one, and while manipulation was his forte he had little leverage in this land that was so strange to him. All that he had known was across the sea somewhere. Allies would do a lot of good and that called for more honesty than not towards strangers and sound judgement. The stallion continued.
Jasper could easily move between formal and playful speech, even mastered the art of blending both worlds, that tongue sharp as silver and smooth as sweet water. "Nothing to forgive. I am certain I have chosen a good place to start a new...a wise stallion knows when to be impulsive and when to take time to make a judgement call. I should be so fortunate to learn from this." he laughed then briefly. Without hesitating to answer the stallion again, "The terms are most fair and I accept." Jasper inhaled, he seemed a bit taller in that moment. He still wished to know the other's name.
At the same time, to break the seriousness of the moment he relaxed a bit and spoke again. "I also mean what I say if you should need to utilize me. I will have you know I am very good with children and ladies. Jealous husbands perhaps not so much." Ever testing the boundaries he was, but his tones were in jest. When he had mentioned offering his services earlier, he had really meant mercenary work. But something quickly told him this stallion and all these isolated dessert souls were not into that sort of business at all. Than again he was new here and could very well be wrong.
ooc: sorry for the wait on this shiv, still recovering from a cold and internet acting up on boards2go. gr. ^^'
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