Ermon was speaking to a ring when Ellen found him.  Definitely rather strange, unless it was one of those communication rings that they often made use of in the games.  If that was the case, though, then it was all but certain that word of the Garden had already gotten out...  Smiling back at the man when he addressed her, she gave him a short bow.<br/><br/>"Perhaps, but it's better to have it and not need it than it would be to need it and not have it, is it not?"  She responded to him, diplomatically.  "Thankfully, we didn't have to use it this time, though.  After they saw the combat skills that Rath and I both possess, they thought better of trying to pick a fight and broke off.  Once we got their leader to actually listen, it wasn't that hard to convince her to let us go.<br/><br/>"She did make the request that we not pass along information about the Garden's location, though."  The ghost continued.  "I kind of got the sense that they don't really like outsiders..."