<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/db/NLTaliaElf.png)</div>She rolled her eyes at Roan's question, "What good is my payment to you now if you'd dead?  I guess if you want another round of boozing and whoring, I can give you a coin or two."  There was a bit of life in her currently weighed down by the sorrow and fear of the situation.  Turning to Lena, she shrugged, "We were tracking a drake and had just downed it when when we were attacked.  If we can manage its carcass, it should more than pay for anything you want."  It was obvious that she was a bit taken aback by the suggestion; she knew being in debt to mercenaries was a dangerous thing.<br/><br/>"My name is Talia, by the way," she said after everyone started to talk among themselves, stretching her long neck toward them as if somehow they'd already forgotten she was there.  "<sub>And it seems I found a lively bunch</sub>," she whispered to herself.  She stood and dusted her breeches and offered a bow to what seemed to be her new traveling companions before she turned back to the backpack settled on the ground next to her.  "If you need time to get your things, make arrangements, or," she paused, looking at Roan, "Need to say goodbye to someone special," she winked, "We can meet back here in an hour.  I'll be here."<br/><br/>Squatting next to it, she dug through it and found some hard rations, breaking a bit of the hard loaf and chewing it as she found a wineskin and then sunk back down to the tree, resting her back against it before bringing it to her lips, a bit of the red liquid drippling down her chin.  "Gosh, I haven't eaten in a day at least," she muttered to herself, holding the wineskin up to the others to partake.  "Anyone is free to food or drink.  I can take us some more on our way back out there."