<div class="floatleft">(http://i66.tinypic.com/15o8l02.jpg)</div>Ember quirked an eyebrow at the obviously silly accusations. For a moment or three she entertained a slightly fanciful idea of using magical means on the guards, but gave it up instead. This was probably the usual greeting given unknown women in the city, right? And if it was just possession of weapons and armour - well, she was unarmored and her weapons were laughable at best, and easily written off as ratcatchers' tools.<br/><br/>Perhaps just using her expeditious retreat and losing herself in the crowd? But that would have left the holy warrior in the hands of a quartet of pissed spearmen. Still, that idea had some appeal. But the disadvantages outweighed the momentary victory. After all, having an entire city's police after her...<br/><br/>So she went along, quietly.