<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/mUJrdES.jpg)</div><br/>The woman, past her middle years but not exactly 'old' yet looked up from the loom she was working at and pushed her glasses up her nose for a moment.<strong>"Yes?  Hello Velma, by the gods girl, you don't need to shout so.  I'm not that hard of hearing!"</strong>Velma knew it wasn't true however, she was exactly that hard of hearing.  Plus she hated being surprised in her own shop, but now that she had the seamstress's attention, she could speak in a raised but not shouting voice.<br/><br/>The woman stood up and smoothed out her dress, falling from her neck to nearly her ankles.  A garment that many would consider stiflingly hot for Laelith, but Velma had never seen the woman break more than a slight sweat.<strong>"What brings you by girl?  A new outfit perhaps?  Or did you hear about the shipment of halfling double blend wool that I got in recently?  It's very light and soft."</strong>