Niko held her hand out and then slowly shook Russel's examining his ears again before clearing her throat.<em>'Yes. It will be an honor to take you to meet the king, I just hope that you remember our town and grace it with your patronage.' </em>She said, remembering to make her town look good or else she might not be able to come back. She blushed at Russel's attentions towards her, she had never been accustomed to such good treatment from an Elf.<br/><br/><em>'Hes not an elf, remember.'</em>Niko reminded herself and simply stood of to the side as the two groups compared maps, she was astonished as to the detail on it. She couldn't believe a map, in color no less, could be so well made and have so much detail. 'But what do the symbols and lines on it mean?' She wondered and saved it for a later time as her Uncle told the humans they could leave whenever they liked and return at any time.<br/><br/>When he left, leaving the maps as a gift, Niko looked over to the redhaired female and watched her rub a strange looking doll on her hip with one hand.<br/><br/><em>'Is that a Talisman doll?" </em>She asked, getting Jess's attention.<br/><br/>"Hey Russ did the elf say something to me?" Jess asked, looking confused and wondering if her posture or something else had just insulted her.<br/><br/><br/>(OOC: sorry it took so long I just now remembered to write the message and it kept getting deleted when the screen would crap out on my laptop.  :P )