Kai blinked.
"That's it?"
"What?"
"That's your apology?"
"Yeah."
"You attacked me."
"Yeah."
"You beat the shit out of me."
"Yeah."
"And your apology is sorry?"
The stranger thought for a moment.
"Pretty much."
Kai rubbed his face.
The mountain suddenly seemed capable of producing only lunatics.
---
Several minutes later the two sat near a campfire.
The stranger tossed another piece of wood into the flames.
"Name's Andre."
Kai nodded.
"Kai."
"Only Kai?"
Kai sighed.
"Please don't start."
Andre burst out laughing.
"You too?"
Kai frowned.
"What do you mean too?"
"Never mind."
Andre stretched.
Then pointed deeper into the cave.
"Bastards stole my house."
Kai blinked.
"Your house?"
"Yep."
"You live inside a mountain cave?"
"Yep."
Kai looked around.
Andre looked around.
Neither spoke.
Eventually Kai sighed.
"Fair enough."
Andre grinned.
"Glad we understand each other."
Kai wasn't sure they understood each other at all.
---
Andre eventually explained.
Or attempted to.
A group of assassins.
Bandits.
Or something similar.