<br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae348/Stef82K/Private/Mermaid/Mermaid005_zps034c8e77.png)</div>With a wink and furtive smile at Nuria, Lorelei firmly clasps Acya's hand in a show of confidence in the woman and as thanks for all she's done over their time together, remarking on her joke "See, this one understands. There are lessons to be learned in ways beyond trial by fire." And then she drinks deeply from the goblet, lightly smacking her lips in appreciation for the taste of the strange brew. "Tsk Tsk," she shook her head in an exaggerated fashion, pulling back the hood of the cloak fully now. Many were on their way out for the race and her mind was already thinking to give a show to those who remain. Perhaps lower the tempo before the riders return and the night becomes rowdy and tawdry. But first she continues with Nuria, "Language needs decoration and words are my trade. Would you wish your ballad so uncompromising in its approach that it would be boring? No, of course not! Neither so rich with tongue that the listener should drown in thoroughness. Instead set wit to tickle their fancy, just a bit." She pinched her fingers to accentuate the point, "Only a little, but enough for the imaginations to give bright color and motion in the mind. Or," she would wink again, "it's natural tendency to perversion. But I fear we would argue all night, you a creature of fiery passions and me..." she paused, accidentally stepping into a sensitive subject, "And me, well one of more delicate sensibilities."<br/><br/><br/>The night's conversation was rapid and full of innuendo and the not-so-innuendo for certain! Yula was already back on the attack but Lorelei was more than willing to play, "My crescendos are well known to be divine would indeed turn anyone to smile should the sound ring in their ears. Alas I have yet to find the one who whose fingers and lips can play as well upon my instrument as I, although many boast of such skill. For now though such intensity can only be heard from the stage and from your words I fear you have not seen me at my best. Then you would know how much smiles trade in coin and give me purchase of my worldly desires. As for exercise, why waste the energy when you could be exercised?" She fanned herself and feigned collapse, "This conversation has overwhelmed me! I have no choice but to fortify myself." And with that she finished her drink, a wide smile on her face beaming with genuine delight. It was moments like these she did not regret her decision to leave her old life behind. Shaking her empty goblet at Yula, "Jealousy is unbecoming, why shouldn't a trio become a quartet?"