"You disappeared!" Rithrynn complained, frowning at the little girl below her. "How could I be sure you had not been captured by one of the assassins?!" The Night Elf cast a rather unhappy look down at Liaena as the human was frothing back up at her. Intentionally taking a few extra seconds just to stand up from the human's legs, Rithrynn folded her arms and let out a huff. "You're acting as if I'm the problem!" "You [b]ARE[/b] _the_ [b]PROBLEM[/b]!" Liaena screamed right back at her, with a volume that her tiny figure was most unfitting of! If it hadn't been for the fact that Liaena had been a human, she could probably have done a great sub-officer under Serphia purely for the sheer volume of her voice! Rithrynn cringed at the complaint, moving one hand up to her ear as she feared the risk of her going deaf increased exponentially the longer she spent in the close proximity of the shrieking human girl! [i]"Elune have mercy on me! Why did you give such a small creature so loud a voice?!"[/i] Leaning forward, Rithrynn picked up the satchel with Donald and Astrid in it that was lying on the floor. But as soon as she had managed to lift it no more than a couple of inches above the ground, Liaena had swooped in like a hawk to pull it out of her fingers to tuck it nicely away under the embrace of her protective arms while throwing her a dark look. As the cinders from Doin's burning tobacco lingered on the old carpet; the occupants of the room oblivious to its threat; a thin trail of smoke began to rise as the carpentry caught on fire; filling the room with a distinct smell of charcoal and burnt socks from the mold and filth gathering in it that was now being incinerated. "I think a more immediate question would be what is the midget doing in the den of our enemies?" Ashei eventually interrupted the deadly silence that had fallen over the room, courtesy of Liaena's cold fury. Tilting her head to the side, Ashei gazed up at the Red Vanguard banner that hung along the wall. "These are enemies of the mistress. I would ask what kind of evil plots and wicked schemes she is involved in."