The stranger parroted back her preferred title and Sabine, still teasing, confirmed it, ”Indeed.” His voice was thin and reminded her of a child's, although she wasn't entirely convinced he was one. He smelled...bad. Unkempt. Unclean. Like oil and dandruff with a dash of old blood thrown in for good measure. What was this creature before her?
When he moved, she moved with him, easily keeping them facing one another. However, she did nothing in response to his step forward. ”What’s the gigan-tess doing here? It’s cold.” Gigan-tess. That was a new one on her. Sabine shrugged. ”I'm used to much colder. This? This is summer." As for why she was there... "I'm looking for my brother. Perhaps you've seen him.” If he had, he was sure to remember the sighting. Aki was hard to forgot. ”Big fella, big like me, with tusks like a pig.”
