<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ljYAgW2.jpg)</div><br/>While Lisa's admittance at the end, about nearly killing her when she had a chance, did catch Zerxel completely by left field, she didn't comment on it either save to raise a silver eyebrow in curiosity that she didn't pursue as they pulled apart from their hug.  She was sure there had been plenty of chances for the human girl to get a shot off on her if she was half as clever as she believed her to be, so she wasn't bothered by the fact that Lisa had considered trying to shoot her from the shadows at some point.  Instead she simply smirked before heading down the short flight of stairs and out of the tavern's confines, exiting the field of time dilation at the same time as the spectral images of an age long since all but forgotten in this day.  Rubbing her arm where Bo hit her, the drow chuckled but otherwise proceeded with her plan accordingly, glad that Tahkina and her friend weren't about to argue against her on this more than they had already.  She felt good about having made up with Lisa anyway, even if she<em>had </em>potentially made an enemy of Matron Baenre and the other, far more close minded drow Houses that still resided in the Underdark to this day despite the trouble Pandora had brought to this world.  Whatever the case might be later, she knew that they needed to move, a certainty that became fact when they stumbled upon a few tentacles that hadn't been visible before as they jutted out of lake's center.<br/><br/>The trip to the spiderling lair, while sped up somewhat upon this discovery, bore no fruit, literal or otherwise, and Zerxel could only sigh before perking up when Tahkina offered her suggestion.  Nodding her head in agreement, the drow rogue pulled her scimitar blades, having thought she had seen something beyond the tentacles in the lake, moving about in her peripheral.  It was probably just the spiderlings again.<strong>"We'll protect you while you cast your spell Tahkina, just tell us what you need and we'll do what we can to assist you."</strong>She promised, before looking over her shoulder to regard the corrupted woman.<strong>"And again you have my thanks for your help in this."</strong>