Elle was glad that the heat of the fire on her back covered the sudden color on her face as she turned her head from Ghaleon. "Hmn," she grunted in response to him saying she was beautiful. She had heard it before, from sleezier men who thought they could bargain their way out of death, but the situation was different now. She smoothed her hair with one hand, running her fingers through the long strands as she stared at the wall and waited for any unwanted visible reactions to die away.<br/><br/>There was no time to be ridiculous, and there were many ways to trap a bounty. Elle tried to remind herself that when she had stumbled across the ethreal, he was hunting her for riches. Even aside from that, being flattered and letting her guard down would not help her find Lee.<br/><br/>"You should sleep," Elle said, unaware of the softening tone in her own voice, keeping her face turned away from the angel though she sat less than an arm's length away.