Ansalia was taken aback by the dismissal, but on second thought she figured she shouldn't've been surprised; the nature of the monastery suggested folk who valued privacy and seclusion.<br/><br/>She admired her companions' diplomatic reactions, and elected to wait to see how the guards reacted to Alyx's overtures before making her own plea, which would likely be a mix of appeal to sympathy for their fledging community's empty bellies, and to the monks' self-interest in a mutual protection pact.