Playing along

Artem hadn't expected the orcs strong reaction to his words. After all, he had only been asking. Though the orc was right; It was more than likely for him to be killed because of his own careless words than anything else right here.

For a brief moment Artem just looked at him, unable to come up with any witty answer in defence. Then he backed off a little, mumbling "... I was just asking...".

He now turned towards the strange woman and bowed sligthly while quietly saying "Sorry miss...". He then moved a little closer and placed himself next to Winifred. The whole time he was discreetly keeping an eye on the strange lady, trying to figure out what seemed so odd about her. While doing so he causualy placed an arm around Winifreds shoulders, just to have an excuse for being even closer to her. "Great, when do you have time to begin and who do you want to start with?" he asked with a smile, still not quite believing that the orc was serious about offering all of these services for free, but was willing to play along for now.