Marcus continues his small talk banter with the Human, who seems a nice enough sort of fellow. He shares a story or two about guards back at the estate, whose shields were to them the most useful tool they had, using them to dig holes for any number of uses, some not so clean, as well as one who used his as a pillow. Marcus laughs at this last one.
"But I will tell you this, if you ever hadda go on patrol overnight, you wanted him about. Even when he was asleep, he would wake at the slightest hint of trouble. Which lead to all sorts of pranks, or so I was told. Never got the chance to patrol with him myself. Not that I can gripe about household guard duty."
The half-elf gives the Human a good natured pat on the shoulder.
"So what brings you here if you already have a nice shield?"