[Beren87]

Beren decided he really had to get his mind on the present, his constant staring at things was rather distracting. That man, Durufin, noticed the staring at his apron. All he was really doing was attempting to figure out how he had attained the position. A little work might be in order for himself if he stayed here for too many weeks.

"Well, I've got clothes at any rate, that's something," he said to himself, his food nearly finished now. The room was quite confortable, and the food certainly well worth the hundreds of steps it had taken him to get here. He moved over to the bar, bringing his plate and such with him.

"Well, Beren, how did you enjoy the Cook's good supper?" inquired Ruby. "Being a newcomer here, we're anxious to know, where did you say you hailed from again?"

"Ah, I'm of quite a lot of places really. I was moved around quite a lot as a child, my father and mother were very affluent, see. I generally say I'm from the great white city of Minas Tirith, however, as it was where I was born and our family estate still sits."

The server had a slight in-take of breath, "A nobleman, you are?"

"Well, I supposedly still am, but my title is purely that of heritage. My duties are more or less non-existant."

"Well, either way, the humble establishment is glad to have you." Said the server with a twinkle in her eye.

"I'm very glad to be here. It's been quite the long road, and a Inn such as this is the perfect end to it. I..erm..would like to ask you something. Your innkeeper, could you tell me about her?" The last bit came out quite a lot more nevously than he had intended, but the intrest of the server was peaked now.

"Well, there's not much to say about our dear Aman. She's a great woman, that's for sure. From Rohan, came here quite a bit ago actually. She's got the respect of all the hobbits around here now, being the woman she is. She's actually the second keeper of the Inn now. Anything else you would like to know about her? Ruby seemed to have a reoccuring wink in her eye as she said this.

"Well..actually, I was.., well, is she married?

"Ha, good sir, our Aman is married only to the Green Dragon as of now." She smiled at his question, knowing full-well his obvious intrest.

"Thank you! Well, I've got to meet that man..erm..Durufin in a bit, down by the stables. So I'll be off now to get ready." He went to tip his hat to her, but remembering it wasn't there stopped mid-tip, he shook his head and instead slightly bowed as he turned to walk back up to his quarters.