"I'm sorry.  Didn't I introduce myself?  How rude of me!  The name's Nathan Voss."  He gave her hand a kiss, as was his custom with the ladies.  "I'm a former soldier, turned bodyguard, turned monster hunter, turned witch hunter, who's now between jobs.  Unless I can claim to be a troubadour at the moment.  As for monster hunter, that's a job I probably won't do again.  When you're ready, we can go back in there and give it another try.  That's assuming no one has stolen my lute, which I think I left at the bar next to your friend."