Still Unknown.

"Darien" you say "Pleasure to meet you." you beam a smile at her. "But, how can I help?"

"Straight to the point." she smirks "I like it. But...plenty of time for that later." She grips your hand again "Please, come with me, I'll tell you at my home."

Well that was unexpected. Here you are, just doing another fight in the slums to survive for another week or two and this beautiful woman is now bringing you back to her place. "Must be in the inner city..." you smile "Maybe she knows of Claire!"

You obviously couldn't ask her about that now, you needed to get to know her a little better. Hopefully earn her trust. You couldn't just tell her your story, an Errian farmer, village gets destroyed by a bunch of Rathkin soldiers, leave the village, travel to Rathkin to find your kidnapped sister? How crazy would that sound. Plus, she'd probably think you were a spy or something. Either way...

The two guards escort us out of the slums to a waiting carriage in the streets. The two guards, probably aren't very good. You notice their swords both have almost no wear and tear in them, meaning either they get new weapons constantly, or they have almost never been used. You suppose if push came to shove, you could probably take care of both these guards...assuming you could get a hold of a weapon.

The carriage ride home was uneventful. The riveting Karisi really didn't say a word. Her eyes kept trailing over my body. We'd make eye contact here and there and she would do nothing but just smirk. You tried making some small talk but she seemed uninterested. Hell, one of the guards that followed us into the carriage was more fun to talk too. Although he was quickly shut down when Karisi glared his way after you made him laugh by telling him a joke.

Okay okay...fine. "Why is the Kingdom of Rathkin the wettest land of all? Because the King has reigned here for years!"

Stupid...you know. But, who doesn't love a stupid joke once in awhile.

A voice from outside the carriage shouts "We're almost home, another minute Lady Karisi!"

Looking out the window of the carriage at that point. "Mother...fucker..." whispering to yourself.