[peral]

Sharya smiled weakly at Tulip's question. Oh, if only you knew, if only you knew.

"Yes, actually, I did manage to get quite a few things done, except..." she looked down at her dress, "get new clothes, which really, I shouldn't have expected to be able to do in a village of halflings." Here she gave Tulip a strange look. "What happened to you?" here she indicated Tulip's dress.

Tulip laughed. "I was playing in the rain and it was fun, if only you were there too."

Sharya laughed. "Oh, I wish I could have joined you, but this is my only dress and I have to preserve it until I get another one, which might not be for awhile. That is," she added, "until I find the time, or rather, can be bothered to make myself a new one." Then she looked up. "Oh, your food is here. I'll let you eat first," she smiled, "and give myself time to finish my own.

Tulip laughed, but dug into her food as heartily as Sharya looked to have dug into hers.