Very nice, I like it. Only one question. Why did Arnold approach Lucian in the first place? If he hadn't, Lucian wouldn't have even known there was a ghost in the town, let alone that it was Arnold.
The Stranger by Roy Graham The stranger didn’t look the part of a fisherman. No rubber clodstompers, no bone charms making their dry chatter around his neck. Even the coat on him was a thin and silvery thing, minnow-like—not clothing to keep the cold and the mist from clinging to your bones. Bad gear to take out into those…
Thanks for the kind words! The way I see it, Arnold knew the odds of an undead-hunting badass like Lucian passing through this backwater by accident were slim to none. He figured Lucian was already sniffing around, but unsure of who his target was. Arnold decided to try luring his foe out into the dark, where a fight might…