[Rosekitten]

"I keep telling you to stop worrying, tsk.. fucking bandits are hardly something to worry about." He shrugged a little. "Hell they might as well consider it lucky i was in a good mood, they still have their breath." Really that was saying something for him to go through the trouble of leaving them alive. "besides i was trying to stay out of trouble, not my fault there are idiots in the world willing to attack a dark elf that's armed."

Though her next words were a bit of a taunt, he was about to call her out on being a tease but didn't. She was right this wasn't the place, plus his plan wasn't to get her in trouble. Though it would seem the luck they had up until now had run dry.

After Judith left both sides seemed to refrain from moving, let alone speaking as they watched one another. If it weren't for the fact that Rhyldrin didn't want to be on bad terms with this very person a fight could have broken out at any second. Though he wasn't sure that one wasn't still going to break out, this man clearly did not like what he had just walked into and there was no hiding any of it now. Before at the least they could just say they knew one another.. but clearly there was more going on then that.

"You again.." the man seemed to hiss out towards Rhyldrin, still clearly showing he wasn't happy with this situation. "I knew she was sneaking out and it seemed odd it stopped the moment you weren't around, I know why now." He went on to say, though the tension between these two was still thick enough to cut with a knife. Though Rhyldrin seemed to refrain from speaking, what was he suppose to say, anything could set this guy off.

"Why are you hanging around my daughter!" He snapped finally, the sudden outburst nearly caused Rhyldrin to jump, though he refrained from doing so as he seemed to think of what to even say to that. "Just as a friend... if it'll spare her any trouble I'll stop seeing her. I was simply checking that she was ok." He seemed to keep his voice calm and level while giving as respectable a answer as he could to the furious male before him, he didn't need a fight to start between a light and dark elf, not over this.

Geoffrey frowned a bit listening before snapping again. "why would that matter to you?" Rhyldrin had to laugh slightly, that was almost too easy. "We'll just say I've tried to watch out for her since we were children.." He wasn't trying to mock the guy but it was the truth, really if it weren't for that he doubted he really have bonded with her at all over these years.

The other man seemed to question this before putting a few things together. "You.. you were the one when she was a child that she snuck out to see as well?!" Rhyldrin nodding a little though his ears dropped a little. "I know she got in trouble for it.. I got my fair share of that deal as well.. heh" He swore his goal wasn't to get her in trouble but this would be at least twice now wouldn't it.

Geoffrey seemed to grow quite for a moment, having calmed down a little as well as he thought over things. He just wanted to protect his only daughter, the last he had of his family. But she had put her trust in the very person before him for so many years, why what was it about him that she was drawn to. He took a few steps from the house so whatever else he had to say wouldn't be heard if Judith was trying to listen.

"Mind telling me the truth now? Saying your just friends isn't going to cut it dark elf.. I may not know whats going on but I am her father.. and I know very well her mood changes when your around." His words scared Rhyldrin a little in truth, he wasn't expecting the man to out right tell him to spit out whats really going on.

He wasn't even sure how to word this, he needed to tell him, he pretty much seemed to know the basis of what was going on so it might as well be now or never. "Sir.. " He sighed a little. "Your right I did lie before, I was trying to prevent any blame of us speaking falling upon her." Geoffrey crossed his arms and seemed to be getting impatient. "Well then out with it, you have something else you want to say and your not saying it, I've been alive longer then you have, it's easy to read body language even with someone who's hiding it."

Rhyldrin wasn't sure he liked this guy too much if he could see through that, though he finally gave in knowing there wasn't a way of getting out of saying what he needed to say now. "It's.. about your daughter, Judith. " He paused a moment trying to word this as best as he could without stepping over his boundaries. "I.. I want to ask for her hand, and your blessing on the request." He said before kneeling in front of the man.

In almost the same movement he had drawn a blade out holding it handle first towards Geoffrey. "If you disregard this request please just strike me down here and now." The two seemed to fall silent, Rhyldrin was being dead serious in he request for both parts as he waited to see what action the man would take.

"She means that much, you'd give your life?" He seemed to question this concept a little thinking it over in his mind. "My life is nothing, not without her." Geoffrey seemed to still think on these answers, sure his distaste for dark elves was known well enough, but he also knew Judith was happier whenever this one was around.

"Put your blade away and stand." He said flatly before he seemed to eye Rhyldrin over still debating his thoughts. "You better make her happy.. if i hear otherwise I'll make sure to make your life a living hell while you still draw breath dark elf.. " he growled out a little before walking towards the house and going inside. Rhyldrin wasn't sure but that was probably as close to a yes as he was going to get.

Once Geoffrey was inside he glared at Judith. "what are you doing trying to listen to other's conversations! I raised you better then that." He never gave any hint at all to the conversation he had with Rhyldrin, he didn't really want to give the dark elf the permission he asked for, but he knew that Judith was happy with him or at least being around him.