<div class="floatright">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f9/33/85/f93385f08616fa201dd67a2eef73ecc5.jpg)</div><br/>Vara spotted the new approachers pretty quickly, offering a warm smile.  Although she had the same exceptional senses as any elf, practice and training had honed her ability the way a whetstone can transform a dull knife into a vicious dagger.<br/><br/>"Oh, thank you!" she smiled her appreciation to the two, giving one to each with practiced grace.  Lyara's mention about the bandits, though, had caught her attention.<br/><br/>Sometimes she did go down to the Market Day early, but this time, she just hadn't.  Soft pleading could do wonders for getting food, but if she was going to get a proper meal that day, she was more than happy to wait for the evening.  Eating every day would just make her overweight anyway.<br/><br/>Once she followed inside, Ares explained some of the situation, and even though her expression explained she hadn't seen the notice, she was more than happy to help.<br/><br/>A hefty reward...it could be as much as ten gold pieces.  Her eyes widened.  That was still...her eyes spun as she looked around and did the math.  Two gold pieces.  She still had as many as ten that various nobles had tossed her, and she didn't even know what to do with them all.<br/><br/>"I'm in!" Vara replied cheerfully, maybe a little too loudly, and the mouse peeked up its little silver head to respond with a sharp squeak.  "Oh, and the bandits might even have money too!  That happens sometimes."  She was grinning.  "I didn't read the notice, though; what all are we in for?"<br/>