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"Oh but that's not the fun way to handle things." Kaimana's voice carried down the street as he approached the scene. The Matori had been out and about gathering things for the crew when he had caught sight of the commotion and in typical Kaimana fashion he had to investigate. What he saw from around the three men had enticed him to jump in and so here he was in the name of justice...well that's what he preferred to think anyways. Sometimes it was just fun to pick a fight and at least the current situation justified his actions. The teen seemed full of spunk and Kaimana could appreciate that he was adaptable and even trying to hold off the muggers with the broken bottle. It was a shame to spill wine like that but it was what it was.

Regardless of his thoughts it was obvious that he had caught the attention of the Belreans as one even spat towards him while another threatened him. "This is none of your business foreigner."

"You're right it doesn't. " Quipped back Kaimana as he took another step forward as if to intercept the man speaking to the teen. The other men took a step towards him in turn, a gleam of metal catching Kaimana's attention but he wouldn't be deterred. "You could just leave the kid alone." He offered with a small smile. "I think this prank has gone on quite long enough."

"Prank?" The man finally spoke up, raising a hand to stop his irritated companions, "What says this is a prank? Boy has stuff for us, right?"

"Oh does he?" Kaiamana raised a brow and looked towards the teen. "Is that it?"

"Oh really?" Kaimana pursed his lips, doubt making him hesitate. The Matori attempted to appear relaxed when he looked back to the men talking to him but even he didn't know if that was effective. Was it really as simple as that? He gave a slight shrug before noticing the tapping that the teen was doing. What was that all about? Confusion crossed his features before he gestured towards the ground. "Well I happen to like being helpful. How about I clean up here with the kid and he'll get more stuff for you?"

"Uh huh." Kaimana was about to suggest an idea when the sudden reaction from the teen startled him. The Matori may have not known much about fathers but one thing was for certain...this was not a good reaction. His amber gaze swept towards the ground right before his foot stretched out to tap against a loose board laying on the ground. In less than a second Kaimana's boot snapped the board in half, a piece flying upwards towards him and he caught it. There was no hesitation as he snapped his wrist out and allowed the board to go flying straight into the man's head, his grip on the teen loosening as his head jerked backwards from the sudden impact with his body staggering backwards a moment later.

"Whoops. I tripped?" Kaimana raised his hands with a shrug before the other two men came towards him. Now this was far more enjoyable than watching them torment some teen regardless of who was in the right or wrong.

Nice one kid. That just left him with the big one. Kaimana nodded towards the thug and met his fist with his own. It admittedly was like punching a wall but Kaimana didn't have the luxury of complaining, especially not when a knife was involved. Though he really didn't know how to keep quiet and a quip left him before he could stop it. "Honestly thought it would be bigger. " Kaimana commented with a glance towards the knife, amusement written across his features as he continued to dodge the other man's thrusts.

When the fighting seemed to be at a standstill Kaimana finally managed to swing up the remaining half of the board and the man embedded his knife into it with one reckless swing. "Hmm...that's awkward." Kaimana offered with a grin before finding himself tugging the board backwards to try and throw the man off balance.

Kaimana found his patience waning as their tug of war continued over the knife. Eventually though the surprise bread attack gave him enough leeway and the Matori found himself ripping the board and knife from the thug. A few more kicks and punches eventually subdued the other earthling and when he went down Kaimana found himself waiting another moment before finally relaxing. His amber gaze swept across the mess in the street before landing back on the teen. "Sooo....anything to say?" He finally asked with a raised brow. The kid had been surprisingly quiet even when those thugs were trying to pin things on him. Hopefully he had done the right thing in helping the kid at least? Would be terribly awkward if he was the culprit and I just helped with a crime. He supposed he would deal with it if so then...or at least be gone on a ship by the next morning.

The Matori man just found himself tilting his head in confusion before he took the paper from the teen. "Hmm...this is a problem." He mused after staring at the paper and blinking a few more times just to make certain that the squiggle of letters meant something. Perhaps if Kieran was near he could have asked him to translate since the scholar had more experience learning other languages but Kaimana was completely at a loss. Kaimana just shook his head before pointing towards the paper. "Nope, can't do." He offered almost as if in apology for his lack of comprehension. Why couldn't the teen just tell him what was going on? Was there a spy? Was this a shopping list? Kaimana pursed his lips as he glanced back down towards the paper thoughtfully. "Unless this is a signed confession for the security sector then I'm guessing there's a reason you're writing instead of speaking." He finally realized as the points connected like a flame lighting up above his head. "Are you mute?" He recalled a girl who couldn't talk in the village because of an accident so maybe that was it? That or the boy really didn't like talking to strangers...