"All possibilities should be considered, till we have more proof of what went on here." Markas says letting down his guard a little. "Either someone came here to rob this place and had to do murder to conceal the fact. Or they came here to do murder and made it look like they were after something."
Shaking his head he says with slight mirth in his voice, "And here I thought this was all behind me once I left the guard." He stands sword at the ready and eyes alert.
[sblock=OOC]
letting guard down = no longer Total defense
sword at the ready = ready action to counterattack if attacked [/sblock]