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The meeting done and things somewhat... more sane, things have calmed enough that people can go about to handle whatever business it is they need to be doing. The Scalded Dog itself has normal customers again, and there're no big, sweaty Guild gunmen looking both bored and menacing. Instead... there's a certain young man from the woods... and a small cup of cooked shrimp.

Deis is looking over said cup of shrimp, warily poking at it with a fork, occasionally smiling at the tavern wench as she walks by, checking on him. "I... still do not see how you can eat these..."

"Well, it's actually pretty simple. Grab them by the tail, and bite!" As if to demonstrate, a tall woman nabs a shrimp from Deis' cup and munches on it.

Deis gasps a little, looking up at Rio. "Miss Rio... I didn't notice you there." He wrinkles his nose a bit then slides the cup to her. "I... don't think I'll be able to finish these..."

Rio chuckles, slips around and sits down close to Deis, smiling. "Ah, well, I suppose it's an adquired taste... a few years at sea, and you'll eat anything to forget the bisquits anyway."

Deis nods, laughing quietly. "I actually like the bisquits, it's just these odd bug thingies that disturb me..."

<Rio> Bug? I wouldn't call them that, really...

Rio grins at Deis. "Anyway, we haven't had a good chance to actually talk, you know... you are pretty quiet."

Deis nods slowly. "I'm really very sorry if I seem... what is the word Chisana calls it... a prude. It's just, well.." He pokes his fingers together for a moment and blushes. "I'm a bit shy."

<Rio> Yeah! Shy's the word I'm looking for.

<Rio> Still... you were there with us, and I suppose that means something.

Deis sinks his head down a little, the pinkish tinge on his cheesk a lot more visible now. "Y-you don't have to point it out to the whole inn."

Rio giggles. "Sorry... but come on, tell me a bit of yourself."

Deis hmms a bit. "Well...what is it you wish to know, Miss Rio?"

<Rio> Oh, where you come from, what you do, how'd you get here... that kinda stuff.

<Deis> Well...before I got dragged here by Chisana and her sister, I lived alone in the Rathess wilds... I occasionally was asked to be a guide for people wanting passage through, or just to explore it...

<Rio> ... whoa, how'd you end up living alone there?

Deis looks away, sighing a bit. "I'd rather not say, Miss Rio."

Rio raises her hands. "Fair enough... so how'd you end getting dragged here?"

Deis smiles a bit "I was kidnapped."

Rio blinks. "... kidnapped?"

Deis shakes his head. "Miss Chisana and her sister felt I needed to see something other than the trees of my home, so they dragged me here while they shopped or whatever it is women do in a town."

Rio giggles. "I see... so where are they now?"

Deis hmms "Well... last I saw of them, Chisana was heading deeper into the town for more supplies to take back home... which means shoes, or clothing I suppose."

Rio nods a bit. "... and what do you think... will you be heading back with them?"

Deis stands up, stretching a bit, looking thoughtful for a moment. "I honestly don't know yet Miss Rio... I've seen a lot of interesting things away from Rathess... but I don't want to leave my home for too long. Father would be displeased."

<Rio> ... are you sure of that?

Deis blushes again, realizing for the first time that... well, he's barely chest-height to Rio. "I... am unsure. Well, I mean... I don't know what I'll do once it's time to go back... maybe I'll just escort the two back and keep on with you and your friends... I don't know."

<Rio> ... if you are going by ship, maybe I could take you

<Rio> I mean... I hear the area around Rathless is filled with adventure! ... but I don't know how much time we'd have to explore. Hmm.

Deis ponders this, smiling still... but it's a shy, timid smile. "Maybe I can go with you for a little while longer... but I'd feel better if I could see Chisana and Aeriya home safe first."

Rio nods a bit. "Yeah, I can understand that."

Rio then... claps Deis in the back! "But no need to be so shy, kid!"

Deis stumbles a bit, blushing even more now. "I can't help it...you're the first woman I've met... ever... so I... really don't know how to act."

<Rio> Heehee! Well, then you should get to learning to open up a bit more. It'll do you good.

Deis smiles, and laughs for the first time. "Maybe you're right, Miss Rio....but first... well, I should see what Miss Aeyria and Miss Chisana wish to do. I don't want them here alone."

<Rio> Yeah, you do that. I'll see you later on then.

Deis nods and smiles, bowing politley before running off like a timid squirrel.

Rio chuckles as she watches him go... and then sits down to finish the shrimp.

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