This Tala seemed agreeable enough. She was polite, and didn't appear to stare at Leo's head. He thought that It would be nice to know more than simply a name, the colour of her cloak and her occupation. He might even like to know her as an acquaintance rather than a stranger.

"I see, I see. That's strikingly familiar to how I ended up here," Leopold replied, looking about the room as if he might find its mysteries in one of the rafters. He stopped to look at an inconsequential point in space over the middle of the table. "That said, I wasn't looking for gold, or decorations for a ring... and I didn't come across this place multiple times... and I had an arrow in my arm for some of it... and I'm still tired..." what could be described as one of Leopold's eyebrows was raised as his thought process diverged from the subject for a moment. He didn't really know where he was going with his own retelling, but he wanted to keep the conversation going. He brought his focus back again, and became curious. "Come to think of it, a forest would be an unusual place to find gold." Leo leaned forward and tilted his head, "What else were you looking for?"

[i]So much for finding out more than just occupation,[/i] Leopold thought to himself, [i]well, it's better than suffering hallucinations... why won't that elf go away?![/i]