Mai looked back and forth between the guards and her travel companions. This was not going to end well. Things ending well was probably something she should have parted a fond farewell to as soon as she met Urvasi. Desperately, she attempted to figure out how to get out of this situation without causing a major incident that would send imperial troops marching on their trail from now until her dying days, or whenever the authorities managed to capture the three of them, lock them in a cell, and throw away the key.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, she kept coming back to the same unnerving solution.<br/><br/>First, she quickly turned to the earthshaper and softly apologized. "Ling - you cannot possibly know how sorry I am for what's about to happen. Just rest assured that it's very very<strong>VERY</strong>sorry. If there were another way, I'd take it in a heartbeat."<br/><br/>Then she turned to Urvasi, still keeping her voice down. The guards<em>really</em>didn't need to hear this. "Get us out of this without a fight and we'll give you an hour topless." She turned back to Ling, cheeks a deep red, and her look more apologetic than ever.