Snooping For Halsin

You wake up and quickly get back in your dress. Untying your tent to the morning sun. The party makes plans over breakfast. You are going to split up and snoop/ask around for details on where Halsin went.

While you are snooping around, you find a letter for Kagha requesting a meeting in the swamp. You head back outside, where you come across a fellow bard working on a song. You help her finish it, and she gives you a little performance.

"Thank you. I was having trouble finding the words. Names Alfira."

"I'm River. Who's the song about?"

"Lihala. My teacher. And friend." She sniffles. "Sorry."

"It's all right. Let it all out." You say, sitting down next to her, and hug the teifling tight.

"I don't usually - I'm okay." She says through her tears, accepting the embrace. "I haven't played since she died. She was playing her lute. We didn't hear the gnolls coming. I can still smell the blood."

"You've made a fine tribute to her"

"She made me fall in love with music. This will be a fine tribute indeed. Thank you."

"When you're done with your music, I've found someone who might point us to a creche" Lae'zel intrudes. You allow her to drag you to a terrified trifling.