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accordingly next time.
    In the midst of
the two second cheer, she noticed an absense of sound on her left
side. Turning her head, she saw Enders, still staring agape at the
man on the log. “Enders?” Harlow asked, nudging him a bit. “You
okay, man?” She asked trying to sound masculine and
friendly.
    He shook a little
with the movement, composing himself, closing his mouth, and
turning to her. “Yeah. I'm fine.” He said, nodding a bit, trying to
cover up his stares.
    “ I am Robin of
Locksley.” The man said, putting his arms to his sides and lowering
his torso slightly, a playful grin on his lips as he did
so.
    Harlow found
herself wondering if he was always so carefree. She instictively
raised a hand to her hat, which sat snuggly on her head. She ran
her hand around the lining of the hat, reassuring that no hair had
escaped it's grip on the strands.
    Harlow knew that
being impressive was important, not only for her father's
reputation, but also for her own dignity.
    She turned her
attention to Enders, who'd kept up his composure a bit since she'd
last noticed. Harlow nudged his arm again, this time smiling. “The
hero of the tales.” She said nodding toward the man on the
make-shift stage.
    Enders smiled
slightly, nodding and turning back to Robin.
    Robin took a
moment to survey the men in front of him. “Alright. Seperate into
three groups!” He ordered them, pointing to three areas for them to
gather. He emphasized the equality of the groups being crucial, and
watched as a frenzy of men scurried for their places among groups.
“Aldridge has group A, I'll take group B, and William...” He
searched around the vicinity for William. He turned to Aldridge.
“Is William here?”
    Aldridge raised
an eyebrow. “He came back last night from the trading party raid.”
He nodded toward a cabin at the edge of their gathering. “I imagine
he's resting for training and overslept. I believe his rest is
overdue.” Aldridge said, giving Robin a push in the direction of
not waking the man.
    “ Right.” Robin
said, smiling as he looked at the crowd again. “We'll let him be
then.” Robin concluded, nodding happily at the decision.
    “ Group C, then?”
Aldridge raised an eyebrow at Robin, who beamed almost proudly at
the recruits in front of him.
    “ Hm?” Robin
asked, looking at him. “Oh! Yes, Group C will come with
me.”
    Aldridge
suppressed a smile before he sighed. “Right, well, Let's go then.”
He beckonned his group to follow him, as Robin did the same to
his.
    The crowd started
to move. It was her group after all and she had intended to follow
in suit, until she had opened her mouth to speak and noticed that
Enders was on the move. He had moved from where he stood and made a
driven effort to jump groups.
    Her legs moved
her before her brain did. All she knew is she wanted to be in a
group where she knew somebody, and Enders was the only person she
knew.
    ' It's not because he's
attractive,' she tried to
rationalize.
    She met him at
the very edge of the group, where he had dodged his way rather
inconspicuously. Harlow walked along with the group following
Enders' lead. Harlow sped up to his side and looked ahead, acting
as everyone else was.
    “ So,” She
started, looking ahead, before examining her bow in her hands. “I
was fairly certain that about a minute ago we were in Group
A.”
    Harlow felt
Enders' eyes on her. She turned her head to face him slightly. He
looked at her in shock as he stumbled over his words to explain
himself.
    “ I agree that
Robin Hood would be a very much more interesting instructor.”
Harlow covered for him, not wanting to ask why he'd decided to
move.
    “ Yeah,” Enders
said, looking down for a moment, “His tales are inspiring. The
bards sing of his deeds all through the country. He is are beyond
admirable.”
    They fell silent
for several seconds as the two followed the crowd. It didn't seem
to Harlow that Enders was suspicious of her.
    ' This wont end
well,' she