until the last moment you'll have to trust me - open, joining

[align=center][div style="width: 51%; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: verdana;"]"I was telling her the truth, it's something she should know. How you - or her - choose to react is not under my control." This wasn't exactly what he expected - in fact, he didn't expect a turnout at all, considering the stranger could have easily been overlooked as a more quiet member in Sunhaven's ranks and ignored. It seemed everyone here had a bit of a nosy side, but Samuel wasn't going to fault them for their curiosity when he was no different. The serval is still staring rather plainly, no longer at the joiner but at the little group that's shown up to reinforce his point. "Sorry. I didn't expect everyone to be so... Touchy."

Anyway. He's not impatient, but all the fuss is making him wish she'd clarify and get this over with. "If you don't have an answer, we'll get you to the border. Or take you to town and get you set up... If joining was your intent?"