Madison blinked a few times as sadly he was trying to piece together what that meant. However he was quickly brought back to reality by what Aria was saying. She was leaving them apparently and whilst it disheartened him to know she was, at least he knew where to look for her at least. Aria was at least nice enough if a bit within her own world. Figuratively and literally as well. He gave a wave and a smile and then said<strong>"I'll come by and visit soon as I can."</strong>He said kindly figuring to at least stop by and cook for her once or twice as thanks. And maybe not get bit and shot down again when he tries to make another bold move on her like that.<br/><br/>After Aria's farewells to the trio he thought on what little was exchanged. From what it sounded like, Verrune was like that Treasure Tavern only much bigger and more devious. Fantastic, he had enough of that place as it was when he felt he was stiffed by the tavern owner and even before that horribly offended when Ry was threatened at knifepoint by the drunken asshole of a Tavern Owner. From what was said during the rant in the beginning Madison wagered that owner wasn't the nicest of people by a wide margin. As such with all that he didn't feel so bad when he took those earrings. To him that was proper payment and furthermore a bit more punishment for the man whom had done a lot in a short time span to make him think the worst about him.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Unfortunately that was about to come back to haunt him when the Temple Guardian would tell them with a rather stern tone that they were unworthy and that theft was not permitted within the soul spire. It didn't matter how she freaking knew about it, maybe she could detect someone's sins and so forth or there was some kind of system in place to make it carry all the way to her ears. Either way Madison took the full force of that attack and got thrown backwards as a result and tumbled into a seated position bleeding from several cuts after those golden winds sliced through them. Really!? This was what he gets for stealing some low end earrings?! Madison was a bit pissed that being threatened like Ry was carried no weight but the earrings did. And attacking them like that unprovoked was considerably foul in his eyes.<br/><br/>Pulling himself back to his feet he had to think for a moment and mentally berates himself for trying to justify a bad choice like a kid. Didn't matter he supposed if he felt justified or not, this temple guard saw things in black and white and not the shades of grey that Madison viewed things.<strong>"Right, because getting a knife put at your throat unprovoked and then paid with leftovers, is so much more justified."</strong>He muttered to himself since Madison still held a grudge over that tavern owner, right or wrong be damned. Just within earshot of his companions. He knew how this worked at least and figured and decided rather than try and just fight their way past her and force this into an escalated situation, he would handle this logically.<br/><br/>She found them unworthy because she could check for the sins of another or such, or his items on him were marked in such a way that she could detect them as stolen. She was a priestess even if she was a guard and by that logic, could probably be reasoned with a little penance. He didn't know if it would work out or if it was a feasible action but it was better than trying the alternative. And frankly Madison didn't like the idea of killing someone just for doing their job. Hell his natural inclination was not to kill anybody. Pulling himself up and dusting himself off, he approached cautiously.<strong>"Don't go doing that again, please. I just want to get to Verrune. So what's it going to take for that door to be opened so that we can get in and use the Manastream? Or just point us in the direction of Verrune so we can just leave."</strong>Hopefully he didn't take another attack from trying to approach her again just so he could talk.<br/>