In a world as far an wide as Fiore, it was hard to know what was real, and what wasn't real. Where the magic began, and where the physical world ended. What was urban myth in a magic world? Anything? Well there were a couple of things that it was easy to discern as real, one he was definitely just slapped in the face by his friend Shag. Two, the new person was insisting that the sandwich was not, in fact, poisoned. Well, that still sounds like something someone with a poisoned sandwich would say.
Things got just a tad more confusing from here however, she also called him a criminal for running, which didn't make sense to him. He didn't see how running from something potentially dangerous made him in the wrong, but he digressed, his issue here was dealing with her. She was in the middle of talking about her life's story and where she was from, apparently her name was Elena and she was looking for some true ice. Which again, he didn't really get, because like, all ice is true ice right? There wasn't such a thing as fake ice right? Anyways, Â it seemed like this not fake true ice was important to her, so he nodded knowingly so she felt like he was paying serious attention to what she was saying. Not to say he wasn't focused, but he just wasn't really tuning into her words.
She then proceeded to tell him not to lie to her, because if he or his newfound companion did lie to her, she stated she would be able to able to easily take them both down. Following her threat with a gift, she gave him a new sandwich, which again was confusing because who just carried around two sandwiches in two separate containers? This girl was a conundrum, a gifted one at that too. Because she had been able to see his friend Shagrath's attack when he came from the tree line while seemingly being focused on him.
Now, maybe she was right, maybe she could deal with him and his friend "while doing her nails." But that wasn't something that Jason would just take lightly. He wasn't raised to cow down as soon as someone asserted themselves as his superior. He gently took the container out of her hands, not breaking eye contact from the woman a few feet away from him, with one hand he removed the sandwich.
"You mistake me," his hand holding the sandwich closed into a fist, destroying the sandwich, before extending his fingers again. "I have been raised as a Queen caste of the Pure Nomads. I do not simply bow to anyone who presumes to be stronger than me. I do not wish for a fight, not like some casual bandit or warmonger, but I will not lay down and take whatever you throw my way. If we are to talk, it shall be as equals." It goes without saying of course that he was focused on her for any sudden or deliberate movements ready to react, magic or no magic. However, as he was aware they had gotten off on the wrong foot, he was ready to remedy that situation as it looked like their biases had worked against each other to create a somewhat comical misunderstanding.
"As for this 'true ice' you speak of, I have not heard of it in my travels, however, if I were to look for it, it would not be in the southern sunny tropical ports of Fiore that I would look. I would instead go to the North, Nanuq Town, the city of ice, in specific. There is nothing but ice there, and I'm sure at least one or two of the wizards there know what you speak of. It's built into the side of an ice mountain, at least one part of that place should be 'true'." This was one of his advantages in travelling so much with his nomadic totally not a cult. He had seen most of Fiore and had a good base knowledge of what was where. Now if she was looking for ice, or knowledge on ice, a city made out of ice would probably be the best bet of places to look. Even if there was none of the special ice Elena sought, there were many ice wizards and experts there, so one of them must have a clue on where to look. For his talking to her he kept his eye contact and stipulations, also aware that his friend was beside him right now. He hoped that Shagrath wouldn't do anything to antagonize her, as he wasn't joking when he said he didn't want to seek out a fight like some reckless apprentice itching for action. He would have to see what happened next though, and react accordingly.