Blanca
"...Making ends meet with 15 gold? That's enough to buy a house, and only 300 silver away from a 2nd one..."

*Hikari raised their eyebrows. What the hell was Juna using all that money on, if 15 gold was just enough to get by and buy equipment? Was she... It seemed unlikely, but getting into that underbelly themselves slapped Hikari's distrust back into shape. And distrust they continue to, lying about their use of the money.*

"Honestly, I'm probably just going to save it up. I just took the job to get back into the swing of combat. I haven't taken a decent contract in too long."

*They were planning on buying a new house. Innocuous enough by itself, but they were planning on setting up a few hideouts around maybe... Salvania? Lymia...? Mentia? Mentia was always good for jobs, and they were always in dire need of a decent mercenary, especially a less scrupulous one.*
Trena
*Saving up? Part of Juna was curious to know what for exactly, though seeing as he hadn't already told her, she figured that he didn't wish to share.*

"I don't think... I've ever gotten your name..."*She'd eventually say, pausing for a bit as she considered probably saying her own first.*"I'm Juna..."*The Canifor would relax a bit, feeling safer for the time being with the thugs gone.

She'd wait for him to introduce himself if he had decided to, before she'd eventually ask:*"Do you think the thugs will come back...?"*It was probably a stupid question. They always came back eventually didn't they? At least, she doubted their little skirmish was enough to drive them away forever. Maybe the tavern owner would higher two more capable adventurers to aid them in this ordeal or maybe someone with an actual stomach to kill will bring an end to them once and for all. The thought left her partially queasy, so she decided to stop thinking of it for the time being and continued to drink from the water skin to help counteract the extra warmth the fire gave her.*
Blanca
"Uhh... Hikari."

*Would they come back...? Hikari paused for a moment, grabbing another beer before returning.*

"Definitely. Go wreck another place, you know? That's what they said... They probably won't come back for a while though, since this place was smart enough to hire decent guards... If it weren't for our restrictions, I'd have set up more traps, but they're still scared enough that the job's done for now."

"It might even be a bit of extra flexing of our muscles if we searched for them further and tried arresting them. There's no way their bounty's too low, and it's better than just killing them."
Trena
*Juna took a moment to think about it. Maybe chasing after a couple of thugs with a bounty over their head would help her in the long run. As she thought more on it however, she'd eventually give a brief shake of her head. What if there were more of them? What if it took forever to track down and catch them? What if they followed them all this way only to get beat up again in the process?

Maybe it would be better to let them be for the time being.*"I think... I'll just return home for now..."*She'd say quietly.*"I'm not... Feeling up for another fight..."*Juna believed Hikari was probably better off with another partner to work with. At the very least, he seemed to believe that they've done enough of a number on the bandits even if they were bound to cause trouble elsewhere. What did those two hope to accomplish with all the ruckus they were making? Juna wasn't sure. She was never truly sure of the motives of those that sought need to break rules.

The Canifor would eventually shift away from the fire, the warmth reaching its peak for her to handle as she'd drift into a more cooler area away from it to be able to allow the warmth to subside. She winced upon the movement, the scarring feeling more irritated each time she made their job harder.*
Blanca
"Yeah, okay."

*Hikari shrugged and returned to their drink, idly thinking about their current plans and what they were planning to do later on.*

*For now, all they chose to do was buy a room here for the night. Their house was soon to be sold anyway, so they didn't feel like living there, and they weren't happy with the place anyway. Disappearing off into the shadows with marked quiet even by the standards of someone in the middle of the night, Hikari only broke the silence for a moment as they moved some furniture to block the door, checked that their windows were hard to open, and that their knife was close by, even strapped to their person if it had to be as they slept.

Old habits die hard.*