Avis was listening to Blake's suggestion- from the sound of it a magic shop, something she would be interested in checking out for herself- when he quickly moved to help a falling girl, who Avis had actually failed to notice until Blake had stepped forward. Of course, on closer inspection she wasn't sure how she hadn't noted the girl, given her unusual appearance. Fish fins and scales. Avis didn't remember the last time she'd met someone like this girl. However, she hid her surprise and said, "No harm done! Are you alright? What brings you to a place like this?" She moved to be out of the way of the people entering and leaving the shop.<br/><br/>-<br/><br/>Larteis was steeling himself for being punched in the face, which wasn't really something he had ever pictured needing to steel himself for, when even more people appeared beside him. He gulped, expecting them to be as furious as the ones he had bumped into, but they seemed to be actually helping him. A little astonished, he watched them scare off his assailants. While they seemed friendly to him, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened himself.<br/><br/>"Ah," he said, attempting to get his thoughts in order. "Yes, I'm fine, thanks to you. Thank you." He blinked at the group, taking in their rather odd appearance. A large crystalline golem, a huge lizard creature that was possibly even larger than Bellant, and a man who seemed to be part Alftar and part Teryn. Although, something struck Larteis as being off about him. However, he suddenly realized he was just standing there, and quickly said, "ah- forgive me- my name is Larteis. It's an honor to meet you." He turned his head, moving reflexively to introduce Bellant, and then remembered that the Drake had just vanished. "Oh dear," he said, twisting his hands. Bellant had run off that way, hadn't he? Larteis suddenly wasn't that sure.<br/><br/>However, he looked up when he heard a voice calling his name. It was Atisha, along with a man he didn't recognize. "Atisha!" He said, in surprise. "Ah, not really anything, fortunately. I was almost involved in a fight, I think-" although it probably would have been more like himself getting walloped repeatedly- "-but these three helped me out." Larteis looked around again. "Bellant had just run off- I think I was... Pickpocketed, and he was, ah, chasing after them..." He trailed off, beginning to realize that his misfortune was reaching absurd levels.