This was going to be<em>trouble</em>, Arisa knew...And for the foreseeable future, there wasn't all that much she could do about it! She had absolutely *no doubt* he planned to lord over them for as much as he was worth...<br/><br/>It took a<em>lot</em>of Arisa's discipline not to sigh - That would've been unladylike of her. After all, one of the first lessons she'd been thought, as a Novitiate of the Radiant Order, was how to *endure*...It was a lesson that'd stood her in good stead, from raising children to, well, now!<br/><br/>Oh, Gods. He'd found a motley crew of the town's troublemakers, too - The shiftless kind who drank their wages as soon as they acquired them. (There were *always* a few.) Well, be that as it may...A soft gasp thrummed from Arisa's lips, quickly muffled - She couldn't leave Liliana alone with them~!<br/><br/>"-It'd be all right," she said, quietly - with a reassuring smile, to the lovely elven maiden. "Mind the inn while I'm gone - I won't be long."<br/><br/>Well, she *hoped* so, at least-!<br/><br/>Her slim fingers reached up to her headscarf, giving it a little tug...Freeing that glorious spill of honey-blonde hair from it's confines at last! She shook her head, her golden tresses swaying - Moving with a lithe, easy grace that quite belied her supposed age, as she stepped out into the open-!<br/><br/>"How can I help you, goodsire~?" Arisa inquired - Not *quite* archly, though with an ever-so-faint lilt to her sweet voice! This was going to be quite the day-!