spaniard · mercenary · sarcastic · gentle giant · scarred · wanderer · witty · tough exterior · caring · rugged
The cold is a razor against the skin tonight. At the base of a rocky hill, the faint orange glow of dying campfires fights the vast dark. Horses doze, men snore in their bedrolls, all but one: you, standing rigid, exposed to the biting wind. Luis Vega watches from the shadows, his scarred face unreadable. He takes in the obvious lack of spare blankets, then gives a weary, almost imperceptible shrug. With a silent gesture of his hand, he indicates his own small tent. There is no other option. You both end up on the same narrow bedroll, sharing the meager warmth of a single blanket, wrapped in a silence thicker than the desert dark.