Seeing through it

Horo tapped the table. "Has nothing to do with the way you look. It's your posture and your hands." He said, "not many common people or bandit around here that have the tell tail marks of hand protection on the tops of their hands and hilt marks on the skin between the thumb. In my line of work you need to be able to read people. By the way." Horo leaned over to Simon. "If you give the pretty lady that owns this place a silver ask for the travel special she'll give you some of the dry boar or beef she uses in stews." He offered the advice. "Also about 5 miles from here is a town I'd stay there. Woods are not as safe as they look."