<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ljYAgW2.jpg)</div><br/>She knew that the drow were arrogant and cocky, and while she wasn't entirely surprised it wasn't a mutually elven trait, it still astounded her more than a little to see this human acting as if she hadn't come across anything she couldn't handle.  She found that hardly unlikely though, especially since she couldn't see any weapons or armor about the beautiful woman in front of them.  As for how she'd find them, that was likely an easy logic jump to make, which meant that the key was already working against them if Lisa was indeed trying to trick or entrap them in some way.  Well, there was hopefully a way to find out before it was too late, but Zerxel nodded her head as if she were agreeing with the woman's statement.  Sneaking about the Dungeon was a very viable option, but even then she doubted she had gotten so lucky as to avoid being raped or targeted at least a few times by now, even if this was the second level.  On the other hand, while she sounded so sure of herself, Zerxel admitted that she was likely being too damn paranoid for her own good even as her hands didn't move away from her scimitar jewels on her armor.  Looking to Shugar and Bo though, she was silently reassured that they also seemed to be thinking something was wrong with this entire set up.<strong>"It might be the second level, but we've ran into a fair amount of resistance just getting this far.  Slimes, dogmen, and something living in the lake that almost drowned us when we got here, and yet here you are, without a scratch on you."</strong><br/><br/>Despite the clear suspicion in her tone now, Zerxel relaxed slightly as she glanced over her shoulder before giving a heavy, tired sigh and shook her head of silver hair.  She hated this place because Lisa's request could be straightforward without any ulterior motives, but she didn't think so.  That said, she forced herself to appear as if she were reconsidering her earlier stance on the girl as she addressed her anew.<strong>"I will say that Ruta's looking for you, she was waiting for you at a tavern not too far from here, just back that way.  I don't know if she's still there or not since there's a time difference spell on the tavern, so she might have left at some point while we've been out trying to find the real exit, of which there's apparently more than one way out of this level, but we believe there's only one real exit.  We were just heading to the nearest one while scouting the area before nightfall, but dangerous or not, I only travel with those that I can trust with my life, and Shugar and Bo have already proven themselves in that regard.  If you want us to walk you back to the tavern, then that's fine, otherwise you're on your own."</strong>It was all that Zerxel was willing to do as she gestured towards the direction they'd come from.  Her words about Shugar and Bo though were quite sincere and heartfelt, but she said it more to stroke their ego, but also to tell Lisa in no uncertain terms that they didn't trust her because something was not adding up for her.