<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/xXg2Hbn.jpg?1)</div>Desdemona hummed and sang to herself in half-thought, staring down as she walked among the crowds. “The jointly ladies of the land Dupree, in yellow dresses climbed the briony … “ She carried a light pail of blue flowers in her one hand, and tucked a strand of her long, soft blonde hair behind her ear with the other.<br/><br/>When a slight half-elf woman spoke to her she jumped. “Heavens!” she called, putting her free hand over her breast. The woman before her was unexpectedly beautiful. You didn't often see such beautiful people in Cheapside. The cloak around the woman made her stand out in the thrush of people even more. It looked like it had cost a few pretty pieces of coin. “Sorry, miss, I didn’t see you there. What was it you said?”<br/><br/>The young half-elf asked again for directions to the Applebarrel Alehouse. Desdemona pressed her lips together, her large green-blue eyes fluttering at the young half-elf. She wanted to ask the young woman what she wanted there, but she knew better than to invite herself into a stranger’s business. The last thing Desdemona needed was to come down on the wrong side of those same bastards at the Applebarrel Alehouse.<br/><br/>“It’s, well … “ Desdemona thought for a second, pulling the corner of her mouth into an expression of discomfort. “Um, keep headed on this wayroad, go that way”—she pointed the way Miriel had been heading already—“you’ll see it on the left—no right! Left? Ah, I’m not sure, love. But, sure enough, it’s the one with the barrel on the sign. Maybe ten minutes away by foot.”<br/><br/>Desdemona opened her mouth as if to say something else, but paused, and then closed it.<br/><br/>[Roll an Insight check (DC 10)]<br/><br/><div align="center"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Insight Success</div><div class="spoiler_body">Miriel intuits that asking about the Applebarrel Alehouse makes Desdemona very uncomfortable, and the young commoner seems torn about even giving Miriel the right information to get there.<br/></div></div></div>