"I'm not pretending to be a fox. This is me. I pretend to be a human, just like you." She smiled, then whispered, "...just like you..." The thought of changing to look as close to him in appearance as she could crossed her mind, just to mock him, but dismissed it. He wasn't worth the effort. "But you are already wearing some of my clothes, so I suppose it's just that you're pretending to be a manly human?" Her smile stayed, and she was genuinely joking, but she did kind of want to stab him in the back. She shifted back to looking human before continuing.

"So, you, Aldern." She held up one of her hands, but didn't say anything about it. "While helping you is good and all, any chance you could tell us all how good? I don't expect a lot, what with your money probably going to shops or games. If you have any at all. But certainly it's more than what the goblins had, and you're a lot cleaner than them. Oh. You're not here. Right. Anyone up for a trip to the Rusty Dragon?"