Naia listened closely, but deliberately finished her meal before daubing her lips with her napkin.<br/><br/>"I believe I would find it entertaining to aid you, sir.  Shall we continue this discusion in my chambers?"<br/><br/>She turned to the borderlander, "Please join us, goodman.  And do have three pitchers of mead and a teakettle sent up."<br/><br/>*  *  *<br/><br/>Not much later in the inn's best room, Naia perched on the edge of a chair and regarded the official carefully.<br/><br/>"Do tell me more about this village of Hurin."