So she had heard him, he thought. Definitely more to the lass than met the eye. His pipe was still lying on the table with his pouch of tobacco next to it. He tried remembering to ask if it were allowed to smoke in the Tavern, although the smell was as fresh as clean water. It seemed there was no smoking in the Tavern, but he could be mistaken. Mayhap it was that he was the only smoker at present. Not that he smoked much, but the occasional pipe while have a good and fine ale was almost a given for him.<br/><br/>He saw her take his tankard and gave her a smile as she walked off.<br/><br/>He heard someone shout about virgins, A guy wanting virgins normally didn't have a clue what to do with them. Or he thought that they could provide some cure for some strange disease that was deadly in the first place. Virgins were only good for one thing, growing up.<br/><br/>He kept his eye on the girl sitting with the other guy, he reckoned she'd be discarded by him any time soon, they just weren't a match of any sorts, a girl walking Shadow was not matcheable with anyone not having the ability. But he still wondered, would she be up for some trickery. Would she really be one to further her knowledge. He had seen her disgust for the guy walking in with his head firmly stuck into a book. She was not a girl for reading, yet he saw something in her that he hadn't seen in most folk from this world.<br/><br/>Time to muse over it all, he hoped his tankard would arrive soon. He craved for another drink, but more, for a good suck on his pipe.