“I need to know where Li is…”

Tearing her gaze away from where the harassed Shani had so abruptly exited, Kathlin looked over at Rithrynn cautiously. “I don’t know. She didn’t tell me. Sorry”

[i]“That man was an [b]assassin[/b]?”[/i]

Rithrynn appearing to have subsided into a moment of gloom, Kathlin took advantage of the moment to scrutinise the Night Elf closely. The elfs bad mood was blatantly obvious, with mingled anger, frustration and worry clear on her face. “…I think I know a way to contact her though”

“….”

“You do?”

“Yeah.” the girl responded warily. Looking uncomfortable under the sudden heightened refocus of Rithrynn’s attention, Kathlin got up to start walking towards the door before opening it. “Come on. I’ll show you”

*

Opening the door to Liaena and Sharon’s room to slip inside with Rithrynn right behind her, Kathlin was vastly grateful to see that Sharon was not in residence. The only life in the room besides themselves was the small white owl perched beside the bed, who removed her head from under her wing to give them a baleful look as Kathlin approached. “Hi, Hester. How’re you doing?”

Extending her arm, the owl glared for a brief moment longer before deigning to walk up her sleeve to sit haughtily on her shoulder. Producing a treat out of her pocket to wave it enticingly in front of the birds face, Hester snatched it out of the air to begin to tear into it savagely. “Hester’s really good at tracking Li when she vanishes like this. I’m not [i]entirely[/i] sure how she manages it, but she used to belong to a mage, you know, and there’s definitely something magical about her. See the blue in her feathers?” 

Here Kathlin shifted the bird slightly, much to the latters displeasure, to point enthusiastically at the blue ends in her plumage. “Those aren’t natural pigments. I’m pretty sure they’re because of being exposed to some sort of arcane activity, and as for her diet—“

In full flow, the girl caught the expression on Rithrynn’s face and stopped abruptly. “Uhh….sorry. Anyway…"

Here Kathlin tried for a tentative smile "…do you think she might help you?”