"O- Ah! Certainly."

Alexi shook himself to attention once more, moving carefully along to the gestured table. Even if it was quieter than other Inns, the Locust was by no means empty. People joked and talked and yelled, or ate and drank, or simply lounged within the music strumming up from the red-headed bard. Lively was the term. Not crammed or crowded or overbearing, but in a way still 'full'.

How long, since he had been in a place like this?

While he couldn't help but glance around almost wildly as they first entered, Alexi managed to focus himself quickly as Katherine spoke. He needed to appear somewhat collected, at least, and hopefully aware enough so that if she did decide to escort him to Avantshire, it would be just to rip him off. 

Though if she got him to the town first, it wouldn't be [i]that[/i] terrible, just depressingly unfortunate.

He moved cautiously around the Inn's patrons and over to the seats Katherine had pointed out, recognizing many but knowing none. Names and faces passed in and out of the church day after day, his room on it's grounds and work spent in its archives affording him plenty of time to remember. But they were only names and faces, things found in passing and recorded without meaning. Few of those he actually 'knew' would be found in a place like this, most opting for far more opulent settings.

And those few exceptions, usually favored far, far less inviting ones.

"Shall we order first?" Reaching the table, Alexi took a step back so that Kathrine could sit first, offering a polite nod to accompany the question. "Given the scent, it might be easier to discuss business when we aren't distracted by our stomachs."