Revealing her identity

His harsh words and general aggressive behavior left completely speechless. She stared at him in a mixture of pure fear and disbelief, unable to say anything in her own defence.

Only when he mentioned having her horse as a snack and reached out for the reins did she react. "No! Please don't kill the horse." she said as she quickly pulled the reins, making the horse back away from him. She in doubtely needed to come up with a very good reason and/or apology within the next few seconds if she were to have any hopes of saving her and the horses' lives. "I.. I deeply apologise. Of course you're not a simple mercenary." she quickly said while looking over his armour, desperately trying to remember what she'd learned about the different family crests. "You're.. You're from the Timber Crag Kingdom, right?" the name it now appeared from the back of her mind, as she mentally cursed herself for not having noticed this before.

She hesitated a little before continuing "I'm Sabina Hoyt Hibiscus. I don't wish for any quarrels with you and your people. Can't we talk about this and maybe find a solution to both our problems?".