That he would be found by someone eventually had seemed inevitable, and the stiffness to his body as he looked up, otherwise terribly still, suggested that Thane found this of no surprise. A sword, and Thane was wounded and bloodied and utterly unarmed.
"Am I?" He glanced down at himself in mild assessment, slowly pulled himself into a standing position. That there was little chance of any victory against this creature seemed clear. He could try to run, see if that obtained him anything. But he found the idea distasteful, and the thought of dying of heat and thirst in the desert unappealing.
His face remained inscrutable and steady, his back straight and tall as he stood tensed. "I do not see what good my death will do you, but I suppose you are certain of such an outcome."
no worries! i'm traveling and will be slow myself
"Am I?" He glanced down at himself in mild assessment, slowly pulled himself into a standing position. That there was little chance of any victory against this creature seemed clear. He could try to run, see if that obtained him anything. But he found the idea distasteful, and the thought of dying of heat and thirst in the desert unappealing.
His face remained inscrutable and steady, his back straight and tall as he stood tensed. "I do not see what good my death will do you, but I suppose you are certain of such an outcome."