It was a moment, but after that one, the next had her grinning; the woman was singing like a songbird, and what music it was!  The man was a Zhentarim, Firion, and he was with a drow (she assumed that's what 'darksister' meant) woman whom was his lover.  That may very well work to their advantage, their relation... but regardless it seems that their new destination was Arabel, since even<em>if</em>the guards at the Ares temple failed in their duty, it was unlikely that they would be well received there once more.  Besides, she was... well, less concerned about a locale that would slay her for being born with the ability to cast magic than she did for Arabel.  Priorities, of course.<br/><br/>When the woman was done (she was already forming a strategy in her head, one that may very well result in a... less violent approach to finding the lass and lad), she released the woman's chin, and patted her tauntingly on the cheek.<br/><br/>"Thank you beautiful.  I'll need not break you now." she said with a chuckle as she stood up from the bed, nodding a signal to Aria "Enjoy the rest of your life, however<em>long</em>it may be."<br/><br/>When Aria was done with what she was doing, Kass began to address her again, arms crossed in front of her.<br/><br/>"So, assuming the guys guarding the shield do their job, our destination is Arabel, and I'd say we begin our search for the woman... but it's a matter of<em>when</em>?  Would you recommend heading straight there, or should we head to the temple to drop off the statue, rest up, sell off our magical findings, and perhaps allow me to enjoy the head priestess there for my little show?  We<em>did</em>accomplish the mission they had asked of us, after all..." she asked, wondering aloud in part, telling in another "It is early, or late if you will, and I do not know what schedule of wakefulness the wizard and the drowess are on... what would you suggest, servant?"<br/><br/>Wow, same mission, ten pages on the site!  Longest one yet, I think, for us at least, not that I mind of course, since it's been interesting so far ^_^<br/><br/>By the way, I assume that 'darksister' references female drow?  Oh, and I hope Kass thinking they don't need to go defend the magic item isn't a problem; I figure she would feasibly assume that people can be<em>relatively</em>competent enough to do something as simple as that, given forewarning.