Flint stood and found two earthenware mugs, simple, plain, sturdy, on a shelf in the wall.  Holding them along with a third he gathered from his desk he turned to a small pony keg and opened the tap.  The scent of the dark stout hit both women's sensitive noses a moment later, and they couldn't help but question how 'lightly spicy' this stout was.  He poured them like a master craftsman would, letting just enough foam head to build so that a single rivulet trickled down the edge, a hallmark of a good pour that any dwarf would appreciate.  Then setting two mugs down in front of them he raised the third and gestured before taking a long sip that left creamy foam in his bushy black mustache.<br/><br/><strong>"Ahhh, I can't decide what's better, a vision of two lovely lasses in my office or an excellent brew like this." </strong>Then his eyes glanced across the sisters again and he shook his head,<strong>"Nevermind, that was a stupid thing to say.  This is swill comparatively, and I'm not usually overly fond of elves!"  He laughed to let the women know he was joking before he continued, "The goddess of Pleasure you say?  Eh, that's Shoni, right?"</strong><br/><br/>After their confirmation he nodded,<strong>"No call for her myself, seems a bit too... trivial, no offense.  But sure she's got her place, and everyone knows shes a goodly one, so I've got no problem with that.  My aunt, Velma Thunderaxe, one of her best friends is a pointy ear named Ylene, says her prayers to Shoni.  Aye, an don't you think I haven't had the fortune of being on the receiving end of Ylene's prayer sessions once or twice.  So yer welcome to yer faith here."</strong>Of course whether or not 'here' referred to the explorer's guild, the seven hells tavern, his office, or even the dwarf himself wasn't exactly clear.  He continued,<strong>"Good woman, my aunt, lives with her da, my grand'da, Dwalin Thunderaxe, above the Split Pig Tavern.  I only mention her because she's the best alchemist in town, iff'n you ever need one.  I know she can brew up the herbs that the workin girls take to make sure that spilled seed doesn't find fertile soil."</strong><br/><br/>He took another long draw from his mug and set it down, leaning against his desk while he spoke,<strong>"So, membership in the Explorers guild is pretty simple.  We get jobs, we post em, we get a small cut of the pay at the end.  We do our best to try to match up the right people for the right job whenever we can, but there's no sayin that someone can't take something that's a bit out of their...." </strong>he swirled his hand in the air searching for the right words,<strong> "...particular skillset."</strong><br/><br/>He nodded to a stack of papers on his desk,<strong>"We also got a bunch o' brothels in this part of town, but they seem like they more work then anything else.  Still, it does bring in a lotta new faces, so I guess it's worth it.  All I need to know from you is this,"</strong>He handed them each a scroll with a bunch of questions on it.  Things like their experience in combat, strengths, weaknesses, if they should be contacted with jobs.  It was on rather cheaply made paper that seemed to not want to stay flat.<strong> "You can fill em out here, or bring em back.  Only thing I ask is maybe in the future, try to avoid havin sex in the public areas of the tavern eh?  We got rooms pretty cheap." </strong>He grinned broadly and added,<strong>"an if you're really hard up, maybe you could use my desk if ya let me watch."</strong><br/><br/>Dawn seemed to notice that his tone held a slight distaste for religion, even though he had positive experiences with the shonite woman Ylene.  Likewise, while many dwarves were somewhat private about their faith in whatever gods they worshiped, there was often a small holy symbol or shrine to one of the dwarven gods in their own private personal space.  There appeared to be none apparent in this office.  It seemed almost as if, in Dawn's opinion, the man had little place for faith in anything other than strong drink.  However he also didn't seem to be too offended by their mentioning of it, so it probably wasn't a huge issue for him.