Asher could be seen walking down a lush path outside the Wargrave manor with Lyra and a man walking behind him; the man was the hired hand Asher had spoken about earlier. He was a commoner, standing at exactly six feet, but over forty years of age, his steps seemed to tremble each time he walked, as though each movement carried a weight his body struggled to bear.
Asher was mildly amused by it; he could feel the man's fear clearly. Asher had already come to the conclusion that Lyra hadn't told the man that a Wargrave was hiring him, and the man couldn't exactly back out of the mission he had accepted due to fear of being killed by a Wargrave. Asher also arrived at the conclusion that this man wasn't from their Wargrave Ducal territory; after all, residents of their territory were far more composed and even eager to meet Wargraves instead of trembling in such visible fear.
