Gotris didn't house criminals. But this didn't look like any peacekeeper she'd ever seen, and she didn't much care for the way he carried himself. Nor for the way he spoke to the women under her roof.
It being the Masquerade, they'd have been well within rights to tell him they'd seen no such thing. He'd described the man, after all, and not the mask. But Amaryllis had a more clever solution, and Gotris wouldn't fault her for it. Dwarves didn't have much taste for lies, but she'd been living in Akvero too long to hold a Halfling to Dwarven standards.
What surprised her more was that the skittish kitten had gone spitfire. She had a temper, this one. It could be a dangerous thing to have in a city like this. And she'd know, being just about the most stubborn and ill-tempered woman one was likely to find – not just in Akvero, but anywhere over or under the mountains. Her half-formed plans to offer a bit of work to the new girl were pushed aside in favor of more pressing concerns.
She got back out of her seat to stand up, nearer to the stranger so he'd know she meant business. She crossed her arms over her chest, though she was still further than her axe than she would have liked. She had a remarkable ability to look down her nose at people that should have been too tall for such a thing to be possible, and she looked at him the way she might look at something particularly vile on the bottom of her shoe. "If that's all you'll be needing," she said, "You'd best be on your way."
It being the Masquerade, they'd have been well within rights to tell him they'd seen no such thing. He'd described the man, after all, and not the mask. But Amaryllis had a more clever solution, and Gotris wouldn't fault her for it. Dwarves didn't have much taste for lies, but she'd been living in Akvero too long to hold a Halfling to Dwarven standards.
What surprised her more was that the skittish kitten had gone spitfire. She had a temper, this one. It could be a dangerous thing to have in a city like this. And she'd know, being just about the most stubborn and ill-tempered woman one was likely to find – not just in Akvero, but anywhere over or under the mountains. Her half-formed plans to offer a bit of work to the new girl were pushed aside in favor of more pressing concerns.
She got back out of her seat to stand up, nearer to the stranger so he'd know she meant business. She crossed her arms over her chest, though she was still further than her axe than she would have liked. She had a remarkable ability to look down her nose at people that should have been too tall for such a thing to be possible, and she looked at him the way she might look at something particularly vile on the bottom of her shoe. "If that's all you'll be needing," she said, "You'd best be on your way."
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