Yuffi continued to keep quiet as the party made its way through the Emerald City, but her silence was less out of a desire to be polite and let the more experienced Jarek handle things, and more because she was far too busy staring about in wide-eyed wonder at the sights of the city around her to contribute to the conversation.  So many different types of creatures, all gathered in one place!  Such interesting architecture, and built with consideration for a person of her height, at that!  There were low tables at the few outdoor cafes and restaurants they passed, stairs that were sized comfortably for a creature of her size, not very tall at all, but deep enough that the taller races would find them comfortable to walk on as well, and yet many of the doors were tall enough that even a troll or an ogre wouldn't have to crouch down to get through!<br/><br/>This trend especially continued once they reached the cathedral, and the little hobling was so caught up in admiring the brilliant, shining architecture of that holy building that she didn't even notice when the rest of the group stopped, walking face-first into the back of the paladin who was with them, then losing her balance and falling backwards onto her rear end.  The collision was surprising, but not particularly painful, and she was quick to try and pick herself back up (though she would happily accept if any help was offered to her).<br/><br/>"Ahahahaha!  I was... um... so caught up in admiring the cathedral that I guess I wasn't watching where I was going!"  She apologized, giving a simple, honest explanation of what had happened.  "I'll keep my eyes a little more focused on what's in front of me from now on, though.  I guess it's a good thing this happened before we were let in to meet with Naiyu-hama, huh?"<br/><br/>She had been paying some amount of attention to the conversation that had been happening, even if most of her focus had been elsewhere, so she was at least generally aware of what they were doing and why they were here.  They were about to meet with the priestess who was going to be their patron for the upcoming set of Games, and they were going to find out what the big, mysterious secret was about why they had been hired and what else their patron wanted them to do, in addition to competing.  Really, now that she thought about it, it was actually pretty exciting!  Deception and intrigue, and all those dark cloak and dagger things that Jarek had been talking about when he first convinced her of how important it was that they train together.  Hopefully, all of those exhausting nightly training sessions had been enough to prepare her for the challenges that lay ahead...