The White Horse Inn, Act III

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Oin hadn't really lied to Finky, he wasn't expected at the Glittering Caves for a good month or two. Now with Finky here he could try to find Ponto. Not that he wanted Finky, him slinking around everything he had, snooping where he shouldn't. It was just that he knew he better find Ponto and let Finky bother him, as Finky had sworn to serve Ponto and not Oin.

"Come now, Finky. What has happened to you, since we were last parted?" he asked, not wanting a real reply, more trying to start a conversation with him to occupy Finky's less than average mind.

"Well, a kind man took me in and he had the girl who you said liked Ponto with him; I ...."

"Where was this?" Oin asked, breathless at the mention of Rosie. "When did this happen? Where are they now?" He grabbed Finky and pulled him close, saying, " If you don't tell me where I can find Rosie, Finky, I'll not speak to you again" Finky looked slightly scared and withdrew his head into his shoulders.

"What would it matter to friend Oin?" he said with a wink in his eye, "I thought that Rosie mattered not to either you or Ponto."

Oin released him, partly at the few questionable eyebrows around the room, and partly because he knew he had just let the cat out of the bag; good luck trying to get Finky to tell him anything now....