[Who knows where things are about to go. Likely Ivar wouldn't have attacked no matter what, this strange man who sounds vaguely like a Saxon to his ears baffling him more then presenting himself as any sort of real threat.
Then he realizes that Ben seems to see or sense something that Ivar doesn't. His hackles are immediately raises in a different sort of way. Like a wary dog, he allows Ben to move closer to him without any sort of retaliation. When it seems like he doesn't mean him any sort of harm, he calms slightly, at least in the sense that he doesn't think that Ben poses any sort of threat.
His fierce expression instead turns towards the corridor that Ben is looking down. Is there some sort of threat coming from there? He allows Ben to take the lead on this, if only because he clearly knows something that Ivar doesn't. Still, the grip on the knife is flipped around with a smooth movement into a forward grip, the blade pointed up towards the pointer finger. It's a much better position if he needs to quickly stab someone with it.]
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Then he realizes that Ben seems to see or sense something that Ivar doesn't. His hackles are immediately raises in a different sort of way. Like a wary dog, he allows Ben to move closer to him without any sort of retaliation. When it seems like he doesn't mean him any sort of harm, he calms slightly, at least in the sense that he doesn't think that Ben poses any sort of threat.
His fierce expression instead turns towards the corridor that Ben is looking down. Is there some sort of threat coming from there? He allows Ben to take the lead on this, if only because he clearly knows something that Ivar doesn't. Still, the grip on the knife is flipped around with a smooth movement into a forward grip, the blade pointed up towards the pointer finger. It's a much better position if he needs to quickly stab someone with it.]