<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/91/SaraM.png)</div><strong>Tagging: The NPC, Aleena, Sophie</strong><br/><br/>Maria was beginning to question her decision to come along to protect Sophie.  They were seriously going to go after<em>pie thieves</em>?  Sure it was her duty as a knight to aid the weak, but the idea of drawing her sword against petty thieves was embarrassing.<br/><br/>Surveying the interior of the bakery, Maria was starting to tune out what was being said around her when Aleena asked her question.  While it was quite simple, it struck Maria as reasonably intelligent and made her study the elegantly dressed sorceress more closely.  Perhaps the girl was more than just a pretty face.<br/><br/><em>Maybe I should be taking this as an opportunity to learn about my comrades before I have to go into the dungeon with them.</em><br/><br/>"Were the culprits armed?" she enquired, making her own contribution to the questioning.  She hoped the answer would be yes.  It would make her intervention in this situation a lot less embarrassing.