Lance grimaced at the sound of a voice. However his eyes never left the group of pirates before him. Four of them versus him. He was down on one knee, hand over his side where one of them had caught him with a blade. An him without his usual armor. The wound itself was shallow but it was still a wound. There would be bruises in a few other spots later as well.

He had only meant to do some exploring of this part of the world. He had only seen a small portion from what Miu had shown him before. The last thing he had expected was to be accosted by a bunch of pirates.

He glanced to the speaker finally. “Well if you insist you are not leaving then give me a hand. Otherwise stand aside an stay out of danger. I can’t afford to protect us both right this moment.” He pushed to his feet an raised his sword again. Sky blue eyes once more focused towards those grinning pirates.

(Thanks! @kiralashine)

Bruised and Broken