Arenborn had finally returned to Bree after his journey back to Gondor, and begun to work on keeping his fighting skills up. He has been using the barracks in the Hookworth village mostly, fighting the dummies there.
He also met the woman, Inayat in the village, and the sparred at the barracks together. She was skilled with her spear and shield, but many years of knight training paid off, leading to Aren winning the bout. The second bout they had the next day, Aren also won. He'd managed to get in close to her, and shove her over with his foot behind hers, tripping her. She'd managed to grab him by letting go of her spear, and pulled him down with her as she fell. He landed on top of her and lost his breath, forcing the air from the red head beneath him as well before disentangling himself and rolling off of her. Inayat was impressed by a defensive move he had used, so the mute taught her how to perform it, as well as a method of getting past it. They ran through it a couple of times before he walked her home to the guest house in Hookworth.
The third round was the next day, by which point they were both covered with bruises and minor hurts, Aren's most impressive being the large bruise on his chest from a shield strike he'd received the day before. They took a while to decide a winner, and even had an audience, Neremnes, but by the end, Inayat had fallen onto her rear and yielded. With each round, the spear woman had become slightly better, clearly learning a lot from each fight. The mute felt proud by her improvements, hoping he was helping her.
After the third round, Inayat decided that as he'd won three rounds of sparring, he at least owed her a round at the Pony. More than willing to comply to that, they made their way up to Bree and to the Pony, both getting a pint of cider. They spent the evening chatting to multiple other patrons of the inn, or rather, Inayat did the chatting, Aren just nodded and gestured to make it easier on everyone.
All in all, Aren feels he's made a very good friend, despite the lasses inability to read.
