"Thank you Lord Damien," the fair elf replied, dipping her blond head deferentially, "It is a great pleasure to make your acquaintance though I assure you all, your crossbows are not necessary. You are safe within the confines of the tower."

Assallya kept quiet on the commentary of the others. While certainly they wished to understand why they were there the apprentice decided it best to leave the revelation of such information to Dratchen. The wizard would have some difficulty explaining it in such a way that the warriors would believe it, more so that he wasn't in some way responsible for crashing their ship in order to fulfill that prophecy.

"There is chilled mead if you would have some. I can also fetch ice from the ice house if it suits your will," she continued, suggesting libation for their parched throats beyond mere water.