Ford was many things, and one of them would always be that he’d be a good listener. Something he always enjoyed doing, among other things. Perking a brow at her response about how magic set her apart and how someone magical could easily overcome someone without magic. Her words brought a smile to his features, and he looked down at the table, nodding. With his gaze broken from her own, he looked at the table for a moment longer, his hand resting on it, lightly rubbing against the grain of the wood that was used for it.
When her question came regarding his plans for what would happen after the study was finished, his gaze lifted back to her and then above her to somewhere on the other side of the tavern as his gaze eased out of focus, and he thought for a moment. Taking a long, deep breath, he let it out through his nose and spoke matter-of-factly. “I have a lot of plans when I finish my study. First, I will need to compile my research and find examples supporting my collected evidence. That will take some time as well.”
Gently, his eyes came back down from their place across the tavern, and he looked at the woman he had been talking with and smirked. “Everyone is up to something, one way or the other. Some are interested in surviving their day. Others are looking to kill an enemy. Some look to usurp a kingdom and lead it differently. Others simply want war for war’s sake. What am I up to….” Rather than asking it, he had said it as he thought to himself, glancing down at the remnants of alcohol in his glass. Plucking it up, he swallowed down the last of it and set the glass aside. “I am curious in a world with many things that do not make sense. Answers, maybe? Adventure?”
Chuckling, he turned his left palm to face him as he studied his palm for a moment and placed it back on his muscular thigh, keeping a rather warm smile on his face. “I’ve found many things in the process of my adventures… Right now, I think I am just looking for truths, maybe a little soul-searching for myself while I’m at it, madame.”
At best, it was a vague answer, but it was still an answer nonetheless.
