The sight of another human being was always good, Howzer found. It was even better to find someone when he was lost in the woods with hardly anything on him except a spare pack, his armor and his lance. Being dropped in the elements was fine on most given days but he had no idea where he was and it was starting to get to him. Cluelessness was a step too close to ineptitude for his liking.

He came to a halt in his marching, looking over a moonlit lake in the middle of the woods. In front of him, there was another man looking down to get a drink. Freshwater sounded fine, so he decided to follow after and approach him--making himself known with a casual 'Hello' to Tsume. He wasn't a particularly nervous man but Howzer found himself wondering if he would come off as a dangerous looking guy, suddenly appearing in armor with a weapon, coming across a civilian in the middle of the woods.

"H-Hey, there! Do you live around here?"