“Uh, no….” Liaena said uneasily as she shuffled through the snow. Something about the rogues tone told her that claiming riches would be an extremely bad idea indeed, under the circumstances. “My mom works at the Suckling Pig in the trade district. My dad went to war and never came back – ow!” 

Stumbling, the girl ‘accidentally’ swung her satchel into the ground – hard – as she fell to her hands and knees in the snowy ground. A few well placed punches followed under the guise of scrambling to her feet, just in case. “S-sorry. My knee hurts”

“Hey!”

Liaena froze in the midst of getting up, as did the woman behind her, as they both looked up at the large Night Elf that loomed over them. The elf in question looked cold, tired, and above all, pissed. “You. I’m looking for a house belonging to a Sindorei Mage that’s round here somewhere. Do you know where that is?”

“…….”

Not taking her eyes off the Night Elf, Liaena carefully edged forward. The startled woman behind her did not move, and neither did the dagger. “…would that be where Serphia Dei is?”

“YES!” Ashei’s gaze sharpened instantly with interest, as the chance for finally getting out of the wintery hell that surrounded her appeared. “You know her, human!?”

“No, sorry….but my[i] friend[/i] does” Liaena said sweetly as she stepped out of the way between Ashei and Astrid, gesturing with all cheerful innocence towards the latter. “She was just telling me about how she just came from that house, so you should probably talk to her”

*

“Okay” Kathlin said meekly as the vial was thrust at her. A moment passed where Rithrynn shook the vial at the tiny girl impatiently, before finally realising the obvious size problems inherent in the situation and started to uncork it, grumbling quietly to herself. 

Tipping it up so the liquid trembled on the rim, Kathlin managed to open her mouth and catch a drop as Rithrynn lowered it towards her. A moment later, she was her correct size again, landing hard on the floor as the Night Elf promptly dropped her. “Uh, thanks. Again, I guess”

[i]“I’m not even sure what I’m supposed to do now. Hopefully, Li won’t be too long”[/i]

For lack of anything better to do, Kathlin bent down to right a chair that had been thrown across the floor, and then sat down on it. Reaching into the bag she was carrying (Rithrynn’s eyes widened perceptibly) she produced – a book. Licking a finger before opening it at a marked page, she glanced carefully up at Rithrynn again. “…I have a question”

“….yeah?”

Glancing quickly at the exit that Naliyah had just left by, Kathlin looked up at Rithrynn again. “what were the planks [i]for[/i]?”