"And with me, yes," Vash'ti said and Alphonse found himself looking again at those eyes and claws...picturing them boring into him as she watched him having sex...imagining the talons marking his flesh in a pleasurable manner instead of the violence of hunting and tearing that had first ran through his mind. He swallowed nervously and shuddered slightly but then caught sight of Quinta grinning at him. "This could be your lucky day, fella. Problem is, will your buddies back home believe you?" the warrior woman asked.<br/><br/>The halfling flashed a smile at Quinta--broad and full of teeth. "Those guys? They believe almost anything," he said with a laugh. "Especially when it comes to adventures among the Big Folk." He let his eyes wander up and down the warrior woman and flicker across to Vash'ti and Fiera as well.<em>Although, I've not claimed to bed Big Folk before.</em>Before he could say or do more, however, the wizard stepped forward to speak with the strange woman and begin disrobing.<br/><br/>Alphonse's eyes grew large at the sight of the near naked elf, and larger still when Quinta stepped up to finish removing Fiera's wrap. He watched them until Quinta referenced Hallen and then looked up at the<br/>human floating above them.<em>She like human-elf, since she look all young but is much older than that. And a mother, too, so she have experience, always good thing.</em>At that moment, Vash'ti ended whatever was keeping Hallen airborne and Alphonse watched her plummet into the water and emerge changed.<br/><br/>The ranger stepped back from Hallen's new form and muttered a prayer of protection under his breath. Unlike many in his profession, he had no automatic desire to slay just any goblin. The fact that he had joined Fiera's party knowing that Tak was coming as well was a sign of that. But Alphonse had always been more oriented towards preserving and protecting nature as a whole, not just the halflings and their place within it, and had known more than a few female goblinoids that had struck him as comely. He had not indulged himself in that curiosity, but should Vash'ti need more than Tak to extract payment from Hallen...<em>let's see how things work out with elf and warrior woman, first.</em>