<span style="font-style: italic">"He isn't responding.."</span>Mindy thought.<span style="font-style: italic">"Did I hit a nerve? Maybe their group had a casualty today. There was that cart of bodies earlier."</span><br/><br/>"Ah... S-sorry." She put her hand over her mouth as if she had said something wrong. "If it's a problem to talk about it, I won't push the subject." Looking away from the centaur, her eyes fixed on the trio, recalling what she had just heard<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"So they're all bandits, and one has been a pact breaker since her early teens. Best not get too close to them. They're friendly enough right now, but it's probably not a good idea to try and group up with them. Especially if the husky eats people she finds annoying."</span>She pictured herself sticking out of Jess' mouth...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Even if you could get along, you'd still be stuck in this town for a while."</span><br/><br/>Legs kicking as they slid deeper into the girl's gullet...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"And even if you left, you'd be dragged into their banditry."</span><br/><br/>The stomach filling out more. A handprint pushing outward from inside her tummy...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Then there's the matter of those people Cale helped.... LIBRIS!"</span>The psicrystal pinged in the back of it's master's mind.<span style="font-style: italic">"Can you please focus just a little!?"</span><br/><br/>Mindy snapped back to reality. She greatly hoped she hadn't been staring at the husky girl. She mumbled, "I-I wonder where that waiter went to. I could use that drink."