<div align="center"><strong>: Lena Marani : </strong></div><br/>The joke was funny, it made sense in the way it was over the top and exaggerated.  Intellectually she dissected what the human woman said for any hidden barb directed at her.  But when she couldn't find one it put her more on edge.  She was so used to comments always holding an underlying insult that when one didn't come she automatically thought that the person she was talking to was planning something much worse.  But what surprised her the most wasn't the woman's "innocent" comment, but rather the physical contact.<br/><br/><em>Must I deal with everyone touching me?</em>The thought came and went fleetingly but she didn't over react to the gesture.  Instead she decided to answer the question presented towards her instead of ignoring the human female.  She might need these people later on, and being rude by ignoring the female wouldn't be very smart.<br/><br/>"I am adept at spotting what plants hold medicinal properties and what plants are or can be seen as toxic to some or all species.  I can act in a very small capacity as a healer, or midwife, and I can occasionally act as translator for any and all languages."  Her voice had a pleasant lilting quality to it, her accent almost indistinguishable.  But all the same her voice held the undeniable trace of pure breeding.  For the first time since she started talking she turned to face the human female.<br/><br/>"And why where you chosen for this...settlement?"  When looking at the woman, the amount of muscle that could be seen, the quality of her clothing, and her open and unchecked responses tagged her as a worker.  But from what she could tell the woman wouldn't be a servant, or a useless work hand.  No if she where to take a guess at this moment she would probably group the woman as being specialized in some sort of field.