Brave or not, Verisira was tied up pretty tightly, and that left her antagonist somewhat unmoved by her exclamation.<br/><br/>"Don't be so loud," Riz said.  "It makes you look boorish.  You're right, though.  It isn't fair.  Esther, you should be ashamed of yourself, getting your friends caught up in this life of crime of yours!  Tsk tsk."  She shook her head in disapproval.<br/><br/>"So, Jaimee, is it?  Sister Esther here tells me you're her charge, under her protection?  Sounds kind of silly to me -- the Elyrian priestesses are good for a few things, but I wouldn't call 'protection' one of them."  She cast an accusing glance at Esther.  "I'm not going to untie you, you'll just run away again.  And, as Esther's charge, I'm afraid it's in everyone's best interests if you stay together, yes?<br/><br/>"Unless you have something more useful to offer than Esther's suggested," she considered.  "I mean to say, you're a very pretty girl, and don't tell anybody, but I kind of have a<em>thing</em>for human girls -- it's the round ears, you know?  It just makes me<em>mm</em>."  She grinned wide.  "But maybe you want to convince me you're not meant for a life chained to a bed -- I'm willing to listen."