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Meanwhile, at the bar, Frederick was pouring the drinks for everyone and he asked what Barracker’s thoughts were on the new person.  Barracker leaned up against the bar, [Color=Green]“Her handshake was firm and true.  She has the grip of a soldier and the eyes of one too.”[/color]  Barracker strokes his chin, [Color=Green]“It is strange that the source saw fit to make her a rogue though.”[/color]  Barracker finished, thinking out loud.  He shook his head, [Color=Green][i]I do not know this woman, this is all just a feeling…  Strange.[/i][/color]  He looked at Frederick putting the drinks onto the bar one at a time.  The old man raised a bushy eyebrow at him.

Barracker started putting the drinks onto the two trays.  [Color=Green]“Don’t mind me, just a dumb soldier's intuition getting carried away”.[/color]  He looked over at the table, watching Alison manhandle the sweet MacKensie in comical fashion.  [Color=Green]“She seems nice and MacKensie clearly likes her.”[/color]  he smiled.

MacKensie was a good judge of character.  Barracker thought back on the mission at the Temple of Hades.  [Color=Green][i]That day…[/i][/color] He could remember clearly the shame he felt when MacKensie caught him taking his lamb’s blood vial.  [Color=Green][i]My exterior will now and always be a monster, but she showed me that in case my interior matches that exterior, it matters not.  I am no monster.[/i][/color] And so this was true for Hardul, the dwarf MacKensie had captured but stood up for, who had been forced to work for the cult. [Color=Green][i]Sometimes people show hard exteriors or have hard circumstances surrounding their actions, but even this does not always show what their true heart is.  MacKensie has taught this to me, and I trust her judgement.[/i][/color]  Whatever she had noticed about Alison, the Paladin had a good feeling about the Rogue.

[Color=Green]“Frederick, all done, the drinks are all put on the trays and ready to go.”[/color]  He said to Frederick and was answered back with a nod.

“Come lets go,” with a tilt of the head, the two picked up a tray each and made their way back to the table.

"Cheers bruv," Zell said as Barracker put the final drink down with a nod and took his seat.  

Alison and Adam were talking, with Adam explaining what was going on, as it related to them specifically.  Barracker did not know what to relay but left his party to fill in the gaps as he was not one of the ‘Earth people’.  Barracker thought it was so strange how they all called their entire world ‘Earth’.  To him Earth was just rock and soil and was just one of the six elements.  But this was probably one the smaller things on the peculiar list of differences which split the two worlds apart.  

Barracker enjoyed his drink, remaining attentive to the conversation.  At a random point in the conversation, he made eye contact with James, who must have noticed, both Zell’s and Barracker’s facial injuries.  His leader would have been smart enough to figure out what had happened, considering how angry Barracker had reacted to James’ information.  While James was watching, Barracker patted Zell on the shoulder to show all was well and gave a slight nod to James.  He would get the memo.