Groaning out in pain, Erandur leaned down and grabbed his cane. Taking another few steps away, he slowly sat down on the couch, on the opposite end. Leaning the cane against the cushion again, he was doing his best to show that he was not a threat to her.
He was just a bit of a show off, that's all. If she wanted to, if she could, his mind was an open book to her. Save one very specific 'page.'
"Dr. Redel told me otherwise. You have exactly what I need, something far more important than the ability to fight. You have the ability to rally people. You've been here for a very long time, between here and the... Island, correct?" Erandur's fiddled with the ring on his left ring finger, his mind going somewhere else for just a moment. "People know and trust you."