Callistana nervously stood. She backed away from the man. In her surprise, the man stood perfectly in front of her. His old and weak posture earlier was just a facade all along to bring down her guards to him. It was just meant as a disguise to fool her. She scanned his body with wide eyes.
"W-what..." she whispered breathily. "Y-you look perfectly well n-now."
The man removed the scarf from his head. He finally exposed himself. He's really not an old man, but just a guy on 40's who did that to make her believe in him. He stood proud and strong in front of her. Callistana touched her quivering lips in fear but she tried to compose herself.
"What do you need from me? I don't have anything but just food. If you need it, you can take everything that's left." She swallowed hard and pointe
