'Yes, the ale is of fair quality here.'
Silvanis answered Kaldir as he looked into his tankard for a moment. He had had some rather wicked ales in his travels, and the light sweet draught of the Green Dragon was refreshing on these warm midsummer days. He looked again at Kaldir, saying,
'I am Silvanis of most recently Annúminas, and it is good to make your aquaintance.'
Not that Silvanis was much for socializing, but it seemed necessary to do in this case. Kaldir noted the door opening and the Hobbit woman emerged with some bowls. Silvanis could read it in his eyes as he looked past him, and said quietly,
'The southern women curry your interest, no?'
Kaldir stiffened slightly, then said,
"What is the woman who was hurting to you?"
Silvanis's mind moved quickly, for he could say she was only one whom he assisted after her fall, but it seemed there was a danger to her in doing so, so he said,
'She was to embark upon travel as was I, and we were going to journey together for a time'
Not really true Silvanis thought, but he was planning on going east and south, and it was obvious Benia was about to move on as well, though he knew not where.
It was then that Gilly walked up and said,
"Your soup, mr Silvanis, I'm afraid it has gotten cold."
Standing, Silvanis nodded to Gilly,
'My apologies ma'am. I assumed the second bowl was for you while you shared a meal with B... your friend.'
Silvanis sat back down and wondered how it would settle wit the ale. He was hungry as he was hoping to be on his way hours ago, so he said thanks to Gilly for bringing it to him. He downed it quickly and not always remembering his cultural manners, having been in the wild so long and all.
As he finished, Silvanis turned his head as a dark-haired young woman laughed amidst her sipping a tankard of ale. He looked back at Kaldir and said quietly with a grin,
'This will be interesting to watch.'
with a motion of his head toward Madea at the nearby table. Seeing that Kaldir was ever trying to watch the door where Benia rested, Silvanis took a long draw upon his tankard and said in a low voice only Kaldir could hear,
'Raven Falls'
A faint recognition seemed to come over Kaldir's face and Silvanis seemed to remember that dark time. Leaning forward Silvanis said,
'The Mitheithel headwaters was a dark day...'
The names seemed to bring some memory to Kaldir, for it was indeed a dark day years ago, when their party was waylaid by orcs....
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