Rel leaned back on the bench he was seated upon, watching those that congregated close to the clerk, and listening to the conversations going on in the waiting room. He picked up on the fact that the captain was out on patrol, and wasn't here yet. A part of the ranger wanted to be away from here, Reliat wasn't comfortable in the confines of a city, but rather in the branches and brush of the great forest that covered so much of the lands of the Grenida. His body shifted as he thought about what this new threat of the Ebon Mist meant to the kingdom, as well as his beloved forest.<br/><br/>He looked up from his pondering when the elf across from him asked him,  "Hi there. Are you here about the Ebon Mist too?" Reliat looked over the young elf, unsure as to whether he should answer or not, then saw no reason not to speak.<br/><br/>His deep melodious voice was quiet, loud enough to be heard for those close by, but not engaged or near the doorway to the waiting room. "Aye, I am. I have seen the wildlife from the forests to the north moving south in herds and packs larger than normal. I cannot help wonder what this mist is doing to the forest where this all started, and how bad the creatures are that roam in its fog. I take it you too are volunteering to seek the answers to the riddle of the mist?" Rel leaned forward on the bench, elbows on his knees, as he gazed at the white elf with some interest.<br/><br/>He was distracted by a female voice that came to sit beside him on the same bench, and turned his head to see who it was. His gaze wandered over her form, and into her eyes.<em>"Sassy? Had she said Sassy was the name she went by? By the gods,"</em>he thought,<em>"my very life may depend on a healer that goes by the name Sassy!"</em>He noticed the friendly smile she wore, and nodded, "I am Reli..., um, Rel."  He stopped at giving Sassy his full name, only Jes had used it, and he still remembered the last time he had heard her whisper it to him. He didn't know if he could bear to have another female use his full name, somehow he felt it would taint his memory of Jes. "My name's Rel."<br/><br/>The ranger turned his head back to the Blanqua male who had started a conversation with him, waiting for his reply.