Ketherit and Ildra sat at one of the tables and Malith followed suit after removing his bow to place it on the chair. It was the best place to keep his weapon close in case he should need it while not hindering his ability to sit. Of course he would hope not to need his bow on this day inside the best eatery in the village.<br/><br/>The three sat in relative silence until Korel returned with hot pallets of a wonderful smelling meal. Malith wasn’t too hungry but still had to fight the urge to dig in quickly.<br/><br/>After a short time, they all seemed to be enjoying the meal as they were still silent. Malith glanced at Ketherit as she politely ate. She was different looking than most Elves for sure. Certainly not unattractive it would seem, though her current appearance was understandably rough. She’d apparently been through a lot.<br/><br/>He really wanted to just ask her what had happened but that wouldn’t sound right. His common was pretty good, as he needed to know some of the language in the case of having to deal with Humans. However it still wasn’t great.<br/><br/>“Ketherit, food is good?” he asked.<br/><br/>She nodded politely. He figured it was now or never to find out more information. After all if there was something going on out there on the fringe, he needed to know about it. Malith went over what he wanted to ask in his language in his head.<br/><br/>‘What happened to you? How did you end up where you were when we found you?’ he thought. Now he only had to get that across to Ketherit where she could understand it.<br/><br/>He spoke aloud in his shaky common, “How you end here? What happ… happen to you?”<br/><br/>Malith was satisfied with how it came out. That still didn't mean Ketherit would answer of course. He looked on intently.