The bugbear laughed, throaty but somehow pleasant.<em>"Wouldn't expect anything for free.  It'd be an insult to ya otherwise!"</em><br/><br/>She rummaged around in a sack at her hip for a moment, withdrawing a full twenty gold coins from it and slapping them with a satisfying jingle on the bar in front of her.<em>"One night, two drinks, and consider the rest thanks fer humoring me.  I'm lookin' fer more information on them beast sightings hereabouts."</em><br/><br/>Then, almost as an afterthought;<em>"By the way, what're yer rules on monsters?  Got an Owlbear tied out front and I'd prefer to know in advance if folks are liable to give him trouble."</em>