The gathered townsfolk cheered raucously. If humbling Sir Pelliton had won her admiration, then buying everyone a round of drinks had firmly cemented the Lady Ruxvan as a true hero in the eyes of Gravesford.<br/><br/>"If I may, my lady," Kasala said. "I should like to... leave the inn staff with some instructions as to the preparation of my room." The elf caught Brecca's eye, and beckoned her over with a single finger. The girl leaned across the bar, her face reddening suddenly as Kasala whispered in her ear. As the sage pulled away, her lips brushed every so lightly across the serving girl's cheek.<br/><br/>With a look of smug satisfaction, Kasala turned her attention back to Larissa. "Apologies, my Lady. Pinna, lead the way."<br/><br/>There were more handshakes and hearty thank-yous as Larissa made her way back through the crush of people and into the cool evening air. Pinna's shop was a small, circular hut on the southern edge of the village, just a few feet from the River Graves. Across the river, Larissa could see the shadowed Forest of Rend, which held her family's lost stronghold.<br/><br/>Pinna skipped to her door, unlocking it with a simple iron key. She blushed sheepishly. "Sorry, I didn't have time to tidy up," she said.<br/><br/>Pinna's shop was indeed, a cluttered mess, the single-room hut also serving as her house. In the center was a brass cauldron, bubbling with a violet liquid and smelling of liquorice and rosemary. The various shelves held a haphazard mix of books, vials and ingredients. Her bedsheets were unmade, and the two chairs in the room were draped in several layers of unwashed laundry.<br/><br/>"Oh, sorry!" Pinna said, quickly snatching a few stray undergarments from one of the chairs, and then casting about for a suitable place to put them—ultimately stashing them underneath her mattress. "Well, uh, here we are!" she said awkwardly. "Let's see. What do I have in stock?" She began to flit about the room, examining the various shelves. "I've got, three... wait! Four<em>potions of healing</em>. Those are 50 gold apiece. Uhh...<em>greater healing</em>for 200... Oooh!<em>Poison resistance</em>. That's usually 300. There was something else... Aha!<em>Animal friendship</em>for 250.<br/><br/>Of course, for friends, I'm happy to knock off ten percent. So 45 for healing potions. 180 for greater healing, and so on."