[quote]"And whether we like it or not, we might need to watch each other's backs out there."[/quote]

[color=ed145b]"Oh, I am sure we can count on each other,"[/color] Sonia said earnestly. [color=ed145b]"But I wouldn't put my hopes high. It has been weeks since this Lady's disappearance, and so far the clues are... limited at best."[/color] inching her seat a bit closer to Kaelara, Sonia then continued. 

[color=ed145b]"I've been a hunter for years. And I tell you if the plan is to go into that ruins and rescue that Lady, my assessment tells me there are four possible outcomes in this. One, the Lady's dead, and her remains were eaten by a beast. Two, she has been ferried away outside this region, and lastly, she was somewhat spirited away to God-knows-where. Like those missing men."[/color] 

Sonia raised her hands to make a spooky gesture. If anything, to ease up Kaelera's stiff demeanor. 

[color=ed145b]"Yeah, of course, the last possibility is we found her in that ruins, malnourished but alive." [/color]

She knew those weren't exactly an optimistic observation, but Sonia wasn't one to keep things in her chest, and she would be more than happy to hear someone having a similar thought. [color=ed145b]"And one more thing, shouldn't we be curious about our rewards if, by the end of this quest, the Lady is found but as skeletal remains? Hmmm? Feels like a gamble, no? And where the heck is the Duke? Shouldn't he be here? It's his daughter's life on the line." [/color]