Ironna held up the piece of meat between her fingers looking up at Tehr at the tease about being jealous to the piece of meat, then looking down at her own ample cleavage. Smiling a little at the time, she let out a small laugh turning to look into his eyes then, smirking. "I'm of a bad branch of the clan." She drew a very deep breath, sighing.<br/><br/>"My dad was a total coward. Ran away from a fight. That sort of thing isn't forgiven. So, I've been living on my own for most part, most dwarves consider my part in things shameful still even if I hardly knew the man." Shrugging faintly, she closed her eyes. Looking to be thinking of something. "I worked hard and made myself the first apprentice of a butcher. Cruel man that didn't like dwarves, elves, or anyone really. He didn't much like humans either for that matter, so it was fine. I learned from him, he was cruel but he wasn't sadistic at least. No kind words, but he respected effort and improvement. When he left for some war in another land, he sold the business to me, and I took over. Little later, I took up my own apprentice. Now, I'm short one apprentice."<br/><br/>Snorting and shaking her head, she sighed annoyedly at this. "Humans aren't eager to work for a non-human these days, the church at my doorstep seeming to claim my meat is tainted, that what would a 'filthy digger' know about good beef." She snorted again, loudly. "Well, my clients know I got good beef, I do honest sized cuts, and I price my wares fair. The church only made my name more famous to the neighborhood and word of mouth brought more business. Thing is, I don't got no-one willing to work for me though, and more orders than one, two ,or even three people can fill." She sighed. "Long hours, getting calloused hands, and here I thought swinging an axe for war-practice was tough. Trying swinging it on a choice cut of meat repeatedly while needing it to be just right each time or you'll be selling a lowered-price practice-cut." She leaned back on the seat.<br/><br/>From the looks of it, she'd poured out a whole lot all at once there. "Sorry. Just, not something that comes up much. Guess I should'a just said, no, no dwarf man or woman for me out there yet at least."