Bell rolled her eyes at Maxine's exaggerated acts, before giving a delicate flick of her fingers.<strong>"Don't bow before me, tallfolk. I daresay you might not be able to get up, unused to the air down here with us humble little folk!"</strong>She played along good-naturedly, before being distracted by the arrival of the grizzled caravan master himself. She bobbed her head to Maxine for a moment, before giving the man her full attention.<br/><br/><strong>"Ah, splitting up. As good a strategy as any I suppose . . . Smaller groups can run blockades easier than larger ones after all."</strong>The halfling lass seemed to approve of the plan with her quiet words.<strong>"I can approve of this, since it hopefully ensures that at least some supplies make it through."</strong><br/><br/>She drifted about again, before giving the caravan master a warm smile when he approached her in particular, accepting the bread and wine graciously. The monk ate slow, taking small sips from the wineskin before passing it back to share with the older man.<strong>"You're quite right. I'm more used to the higher peaks and the low canyons, rather than all this green. It's a very pretty change of pace though. Good for ambushes, unfortunately. I pray we spot any nasty bandits or beasties before they come to us."</strong><br/><br/>The girl giggled, before looking the man up and down.<strong>"You look like you'd be able to survive the Craig, though. It's a rather rough place, lots of tribes of all manner of creatures that hate each other. Though, I didn't grow up with my more angry cousins. I was raised in the monastery of Yondalla, and actually delivered supplies to more of the . . . dependant tribal villages in the Craig. Dodging little monsters and the like. THere was even a small pack of lizardfolk that was found when one of the towns tried mining and went a bit too far. Blind as bats, but very fierce! It was quite interesting giving them the slip and beating them back to their caves. You've been doing this for a while, have you not? I'm sure you've met more than a few unfortunate threats yes?"</strong>