{Cowrie: I would assume diplomacy, but I'll skip it this time.}<br/><br/>"Alright, but have it handy for when we see you again," The sergeant responds, slipping the coin into a belt pouch. She then instructed her men to continue onward. It was clear they were headed to the local temple...<br/><br/>Perception(Listen), DC 15:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">"We should've just cuffed her and pulled her to the station."<br/>"Yeah. We could put that salad in her place."<br/>"No. that snake would have caused too much trouble. We'll drop by her home later, after Sister Jaleh is "taken in for protection"..."</div></div></div><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Mia</span><br/><br/>"Yeah, it's making me really worried," she responded, "I see you still have your entourage." Syrene steps around to offer Ruby a petting, while also looking a few blocks down the street again. It seems that she's been keeping a distrustful eye on a set of four guards a block away.