The woman's first comment sounded a bit too prideful for Chess' tastes.  Perhaps that provided some insight into why they were not better allied than they were now until now... Chess would be keeping a careful eye upon this alliance and mutual learning experience.  On a funnier note, as talented as this woman might claim to be, it likely held not even a candle to the high-priestess of Sharess, Goddess of Lust and Pleasure; that woman could give Chess a run for her money, let alone this Heartwarder.<br/><br/>"I'm sure you do." Chess replied with a laugh, figuring it would be best to stroke the woman's ego until such a point that this alliance did not work out in the future, though hopefully that wouldn't come "And no, I shan't waste their free time; I'm sure they're very busy even then too.  Hm... it seems you're all very busy now... I'll come back some other time for a massage instead; it's been<em>ages</em>since I've had a good one.  I shall go ahead and speak to my own priestess, and shall tell her to have volunteers ready to come and spend a day or two here at your temple two days from now, and I know you'll do the same."<br/><br/>She stood, and bowed politely (never had been one to curtsy, and she'd bowed a lot during her time in the Monastery), and stood bidding her farewell a moment later.  Chess would politely see herself out of the temple, back onto the street (assuming she wasn't held up for any reason), and once she was a sufficient distance away, she would state, to Demi, in Celestial language:<br/><br/>"Something about her irks me.  That 'better than you' attitude... I'm keeping a careful eye on our ties with her and her temple, and I'll have our priestess do much the same." Chess stated, still smiling and talking softly, barely a whisper considering how good Demi's hearing was (she was a dog-based creature after all), but switched to Common again soon after "Anyway, I'm itching for a good massage now, as I'm sure you are too Demi.  But... a comment you made earlier has me curious... I'm going to spend some time doing a bit of research into the public opinions of me, so let's see what everyone thinks of me, and of the temple and it's people for that matter!"<br/><br/>And so she would, going about the town, meeting contacts, querying people, and generally looking to discover what the various opinions of herself and of the Eilistraee temple and faith were, and what the popular opinion was...<br/><br/>(Diplomacy to Gather Information on the social opinions of Chess, The Dark Maiden's Sanctuary, and Eilistraee's Drow as a whole... 25 + 14 = 39)