The halfling woman followed up quickly, showing her pace was a fair bit slower there behind Marric, but trying to keep up at a faster march then. Shorter feet did affect her pace at least. Nonetheless, the tower was still smoking as Marric and the halfling woman neared, and she paused to look at the black cloud rising from the windows. "Does this kind of thing happen here often?" She asked, looking a bit wary for a moment. "Maybe I should try to go further to look for a good older mage." She muttered.<br/><br/>The front door was unlocked as always, opening on its own to reveal the 'store' as untouched as before, other than an armchair put facing the desk on the client's side too now. There was no signs of Elfie arriving at least yet though.