<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/50/d7/1a/50d71a11f48e22255fd9d592f763aa35.jpg)<br/><div align="center"><strong>Niamh Deasún</strong></div></div>For all that animals had as little regard for her as they might a stone Niamh still loved them, it was the reason she put up with Snowdrop when she could have likely found a much easier mount. So when Diago turned his attention to her she made a soft cooing sound, lifting her hands to show she was non threatening. "Oh he's just lovely, and how lucky are you, no wonder Snowdrop likes you so much." She glanced at Adan, her eyes full of mirth and an impish smile curved on her lips. "I'd almost accuse you of cheating to impress me earlier, but I doubt that was even a concern on your part."<br/><br/>Attuned to the nature of people the way her profession demanded the young bard did pick up on the emotions swirling around the word<em>mother</em>; yet she showed restraint for perhaps the first time that evening by not posing any further query. Her parents school had been called a collection of lost souls a time or a dozen, and she had learned from an early age not all were so blessed as she to have a loving home life devoid of complication save for the normal rows between child and parent, if perhaps a touch exacerbated because she literally shared her parents with scores of other younglings needing their attention. It was a shame Adan had never found his way to them, she rather thought gazing at him then that he and her father would have gotten along well.<br/><br/>She had not expected the mage to give so readily to her request, though she did bite her tongue at his dismissive comment at the dangers that circled young women traveling alone. Perhaps she went with the more amusing, but she still wasn't settled from the time those slavers had almost snared her, granted said slavers would likely love to get their hands on her considering she had made sure they lost their whole 'shipment' from Gynze. Not one bit of regret lived in her, and she was over a months travel away from that particular spot of trouble. All that mattered now was that he had agreed, and even smiled at her with a lovely hint of flush on his cheeks that made her wonder if her flirting had caught his attention. "A bard can be very useful, I assure you." And so could a woman if she got the sense that either of them were interested, though they seemed almost settled in the way a couple might and the last thing she wanted to do was come off as disrespectful. A mage, a demon and a bard traveling together, yes, that was exactly what the grand stories were made of.<br/><br/>Corbin's comment of her enjoying them put a spark of mischief into her bright blue eyes, though the way of licking his lips, as if he might want to devour her, was right out of a bad tempest romance and set her to a peal of laughter even as his cheeks heated. "Is this you behaving? Because please, don't feel like you have to on my account." the dark haired woman shook her head, gasping around laughter.<br/><br/>"Think of me as having grown up with a dozen brothers, trust me I doubt either of you can shock me." She thought back to the day when Sunil had discovered what masturbation was and hadn't been able to stop raving about it to the other boys and decided to show off to the girls. All of sixteen she had been when that boy, only a year older than she, had stroked off in front of her and four others. Sexual experimentation was something Niamh had done early and often. Though experimenting with a mage and a demon might be fun... She shook her head at herself to clear her mind of errant fantasies and refocused on the conversation as Corbin mentioned Bayside. At the mention of the sea side town the bard visibly perked, "You are going to Bayside, the Bayside with one of the most renowned libraries on this continent?" Hunger glittered in her eyes, her cheeks flushed with eagerness at the thought of exploring the aforementioned library that even her mother admired.<br/><br/>Out of the corner of her eye she spied shadows fliting over Corbin's skin, teasing beneath his scales and curiously stepped closer, her attention narrowing in on him and watching the shadows play up his figure. "Is that your power? What is it doing?"<br/>