Allistair took Rain's hands in his, squeezing them warmly, quite sincere in his friendly affection.  "I'm glad to have finally run into you again- and, as to Hans, you know as well as I do that, if I weren't ordering him around, then he wouldn't know what to do for himself- he's naturally servile, you know this as well as I do."  He listened to Rain's sketch of the situation, nodding thoughtfully- as soon as he heard that she was heading away from here, he wasn't really concerned where she was going, or even if she could pay- he'd made enough recently to drink his way out of the duchy, if needed, but another job wouldn't really hurt, either.  "Todesfalle or Westwind, I could do for a good trip away from here- the opportunity for pay and plunder is even better incentive, though, the best is travel with a talented and lovely set of companions."<br/><br/>He didn't have any affairs to close- the last bit of business had ended yesterday morning, and he needed to put as much distance between it and himself as fast as he could- luckily, just as he expected, Rain could help with just that.  That was excellent news for him, though he didn't really know many of these others who had signed up for the work ahead.  He lingered a bit in the tavern, waiting to see if anyone was heading over to the Den.  Perhaps they would be interested in sharing a table while they waited for the others.