Quiet as a mouse.

Is there someone there, still? Fate Roll: Unlikely, CF 5. 1d100=53 - no.

After a few moments, she decides the inn is so quiet that her boss must have headed out. She pads down the stairs and, sure enough, the inn is dark, lit only by the moonlight filtering in through the windows. She scurries over to one of the windows on the side of the inn and cracks it open, slipping through it with a wiggle into the alley next to it. She takes a deep breath of the fresh night air, hope kindling in her chest.

_I'm going on an adventure! And they...they took me in. They listened! I think maybe I can actually do this. _As she walks through the streets to her small hut, she feels like she could fly. The stars above twinkle down at her, and she finds herself grinning up at them. Take that, everyone who's ever told me I was just a cockwarmer. I'm going to be an adventurer!! She lets out a whoop of joy, then covers her mouth with a giggle and hurries the rest of the way home.

And that's that scene done! Definitely felt like it was in Gilia's control, despite poor circumstances going in, so the Chaos Factor ticks up by 1 to 6!