<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e2/8B39CC2A-1000-4A6D-8442-80198BA60F8F.jpeg)</div><br/>At the mention of being out of rooms, Alisandra frowned with sympathy.  “I don’t actually need to sleep,” she told Sondanwe.  “If you want my room, by all means.”  She really was either just the kind of person who kept trying to do nice things…unless she was doing it all consciously in order to maintain her power, but the former seemed more likely.<br/><br/>Alisandra spent the night quietly staring at the golden-white sphere, apparently seeming either to communicate with it or somehow divine information.  A simple chair was sufficient for her, and by morning, she was delighted for hot tea but completely uninterested in the jerky.<br/><br/>The offer for protection got the reaction of a thankful smile even as she politely declined.  “I appreciate the offer,” she conjured a puff of sparkling dust with Prestidigitation, “but I’m tougher than I look.  Really, I should be asking if there’s any issues in or around town that require magic to fix.”  Something casual and demure about her tone showed that she wasn’t throwing her hat in for an alliance, just that she was the kind of person who hoped to help in whatever ways she could.