She didn't reply to Talion's request, looking torn. The questions about the sacrifices, she jumped on those a bit more readily, back on familiar ground.<br/><br/>"We...seek an offering whenever the Sea Lord calls for one! And that is not terribly often, perhaps one every two years" said Innora, seeming to recognise the unspoken request and beginning to walk away to a relatively quiet part of the market. Here, among more permanent shops, she sat on the bench in front of a tea house, pulling her cloak tight. She needn't have bothered, it seemed like there was nobody here other than a couple of elderly men chatting and playing a board game between them.<br/><br/>"It is a wonderful thing, to be chosen!" she added hastily. "You are an outsider, but you can surely not know of how many dangers the sea contains and how grateful we are to be spared from it! We would lose far more if he did not work to protect us! They know their families will be richly paid for their sacrifice, and they will be honoured to serve the Sea Lord, and give him the strength to protect the city! And for those truly blessed and chosen to be the mother of an Azurkin, they will dwell in his undersea paradise for a year and then return to the shore....<br/><br/>"But the reason I tried to find you was....I hoped you could find her. The offering, I mean. Her name is Kersinta--"