Well, she'd gotten the payment, in full.  That put a smile on her face for certain.  Still, she checked to make sure it was there, tested the weight... yeah, that felt right.  Now she was a thousand gold richer.<br/><br/>Then Elrich... he was going to be arrested then?  Well, that was something he'd left out... and it sounded like the information would be his ticket out.  Well, she had agreed to help the man get payed for the job, but this crime was prior to that.  If he wanted to negotiate for payment, he would and could, but Petra would voice no complaint to the way the law would proceed here, at least not since it seems everything was legit and was going to be fairly held.<br/><br/>Once Elrich was gone though...<br/><br/>"Yes, I hope he does too." she said, smiling to the man she assumed was the guard captain "Do make sure he's not tortured; I did<em>not</em>rescue a man from orcs for him to be treated badly, nor arrested... but it sounds like his crime preceded the orcs, so I have no complaint on what has become of my good intentions.  I wonder though, what exactly was his crime?  You mentioned trying to 'blow up' the city or something before..."