It was odd to step onto the battlefield with only a staff, and no tome, but Lucius still smiled up easily at Linus anyway. “It is rather pleasant to be able to fight alongside one another this time. Although - ” He turned to look over his shoulder one more time. “Do you - know where the others are?” Weren’t there supposed to be four?
To be perfectly honest, Linus had thought that his teammate was a cleric until the man spoke to him. With the long hair and the slim figure, he just hadn’t really put much thought into it before shoving the guy into that category, but, well, hey...at least he’d figured it out before actually calling the poor bastard a woman, right?
Little miracles, and all that...
Still, the monk was a bit difficult to deal with. Not because he was causing any actual problems or had an attitude, but he was just so damn soft and disarming that it was almost getting on Linus’ nerves. He had apparently been among the Lycians’ ragtag group back in Elibe -- though the Mad Dog couldn’t recall if he’d seen the holy man at the time. Most of his memory about his once-upon-a-time foes was narrowed down to a few names and faces. Nino, Legault -- that bastard, Jaffar; that lordling, Eliwood, and his loudmouthed cohort from Ostia.
No, he wasn’t really bothered by the other’s affiliation with the people who had ended his life and everything that his family had stood for. Lucius was just...he didn’t fit the battlefield, and certainly not being teamed up with him of all people. He was too good, and by extension, it made Linus sort of uncomfortable to be near him because it felt like he sullied the guy’s soul just by proximity.
“Yeah, it’s fu-- fantastic,” Linus bit out in response, cursing a childhood of having niceties tied to those of the cloth pounded into his skull.
Linus kept his attention forward, not sharing Lucius’ concern about the other half of their little group. He was here to fight, that was his purpose, and if they couldn’t keep up with him then they’d get left behind. It wasn’t like these enemies were much of a challenge to begin with, but even less so when he had a healer nearby. The two of them alone would be enough to clear this area out.
“Haven’t seen ‘em for a while.” Hadn’t bothered to look. “Why, you worried?”