Shortly after the sun had risen, sounds of birds chirping woke Riu up. His eyes opened suddenly. No night terrors last night... He supposed he was so exhausted from the past couple of days that he was too tired to dream. Well, that was fine. His body felt a bit refreshed, anyway. He'd slept in his clothes, too... Well, he didn't have anything besides these. He should have had the farsighted to undress, at least.<br/><br/>The boy climbed out of bed and straightened up his appearance as best as he could with just his hands. The boy longed for a hot bath, and salts to clean his teeth with... For now, he could at least have some breakfast downstairs. He still had a little money leftover from what Larea gave him. Today, he would be leaving Veloen, huh? It was a brief reprieve, in his long journey. Riu would have to let the innkeeper know that he wouldn't be accepting that job after all.<br/><br/>Those two tasks, breakfast and reestablishing his unemployment, he would take care of them now. He ordered Sigrun to follow him downstairs. "If you have the coin, order yourself something to eat. Today, we'll need the energy, I imagine."<br/><br/>The boy carefully told his ex boss what had happened, in vague terms, and apologized, then ordered himself some porridge. He would remain here even after finishing to wait for Sigrun's employer. They would have a proper introduction while they were at it.<br/><br/>...While he was eating, Riu noticed a woman with bright red hair. She stood out quite a bit, which allowed the boy to notice the more suspicious person she was talking to. Just the fact that he was hiding his features put the boy on edge. But it was important that he not react. If this person had nothing to do with him, he didn't want to drag them in by acting overly suspicious.<span style="font-style: italic">Just eat the porridge, Riu...</span>