Upon seeing Sherani drag the Gnoll's body out into the alleyway, Ureck's thoughts about his cards gave way to a sharp pang of guilt. Neygh,<span style="font-style: italic">I didn't mean for her to take it so badly... I guess I kind of overreacted...</span>Once again slipping his hands into his pockets, he turned to Mirana and pondered about what he could do or say to make her feel better, but instead he could only manage an awkward smile dampened by the silence that had suddenly fallen over the bar. However, the quiet was short-lived as Sherani returned and took a seat, her unchanged belly indicating to the collie that she had forsook her meal. Feeling worse than ever, Ureck excused himself from Mariana and Undol, sidling up nervously towards the shifter.<br/><br/>"Err," he said softly. "I'm sorry about reacting the way I did. You just caught me off gua-"<br/><br/>His attention was quickly broken when the kitsune stepped into the bar, taking a prominent place near their small group. Confused, Ureck's ears perked up and soon captured Lilium's rather empowering words. Nodding with her statements, he glanced around the bar as she addressed each person and what sort of threat Lesik posed to them. As she finished, Ureck was left speechless, running and weighing her proposal through his mind. Then, Undol put forth his fiery thoughts, soon followed by Sherani. Ureck wanted so desperately to follow suite, so wanted to show how readily he'd teach Lesik a lesson in Espen street justice, but there was one thing holding him back:<span style="font-style: italic">those... god... forsaken... Grangers.</span><br/><br/>They had been expecting him to return this past hour, and they were probably rather enraged by now. If he was to suddenly disappear to go take on Lesik, that coupled with their ever-growing suspicions of his actions would probably land him in some really hot water. More pressing, however, was the bit he had taken off of the tiefling. If Lesik really was working with the Grangers and he was discovered to have been a part of an attack against him, the company would easily become far more dangerous to him than anything the wolf could throw at him. If he was to ever truly free Espen from the conspiracies, he would need to remain of the Grangers' good side which, if his suspicions were true, would also stay Lesik's hands (or jaws, more likely). He couldn't join this group now, but when the chance came he would be more than happy to assist their cause by undermining both sects, destroying them from the inside out.<br/><br/>And thus, Ureck was left between a rock and a hard place. He didn't want to deny such a hardy and capable band, and he would need to find some way to explain his circumstances. That in of itself would probably take a speech of his own if they were to understand his predicament... or maybe the kitsune or the shifter would simply eat him for acting like a coward. >< Unsure of what to do, Ureck remained silent, hoping that some other subject would come up to keep attention away from him.<br/><br/>((Edit: XD Ureck will become more useful once I get some more information about the Grangers. I'll probably make him help out more in my next post. Oh, and despite the statement, don't eat him! Oo))