The waiter and barmaid in the pub were offered the same snarl and glare from Todd as the sheriff and inn keeper. They backed off and did exactly as Todd told them to.
Nick knew he was causing a fuss with these people, sitting at the table with Todd and eating the same food. He found it amusing, how people acted toward him and how they reacted to Todd. In the city they had to conform to the strict laws, but here, doing a job for these people, Todd made sure Nick was given more freedom, using the excuse Nick couldn’t do his part to help these people without that bit of extra freedom. Most of the people in the town seemed afraid of Todd, and by extension, Nick. They steered clear and left the two of them alone. Nick was starting to think this wasn’t so bad. In fact, he was enjoying their tri
