Neide:
Neide didn't reply to the Westerner's comment. Instead, she stepped forward toward the Captain.
"A simple misundersting, Captain", she said quickly
Lieutenant Aekins raises one eyebrow slightly, glances at Irgen, but says nothing.
Neide:
"This man was trying to convince the people at the Bardic College to allow him to take the exam. "
The eyebrow raises higher, but still Lieutenant Aekins is quiet, just letting Neide continue.
Neide:
"There was an argument - and the guards attacked this man and chased him across town."
Both eyebrows raise. Under other circumstances, Lieutenant Aekins'd be asking more questions at this point, but for now she's content to hear Neide out...
Neide:
" We intervened and an understaning was reached."
Lieutenant Aekins gets a bit of a look on her face. A bit more, anyway.
Oh was it, it says. Another very fast glance at Irgen.
Neide:
"Irgen says we should retain this man for questioning, "
A very slight tilt of Lieutenant Aekins' head.
He does, does he... it suggests she's thinking...
Neide:
"but I think it's absolutely excessive. "
The eyebrows lower. The brow almost furrows. This is the first obviously negative sign on Lieutenant Aekins' expression.
...You would, it says.
Neide:
"The matter is solved, the man should be free to go. No reason to treat him with suspicion just because he's a Westerner..."
"...And there, Neide, your logic fails you. I do not agree..." says Lieutenant Aekins...