As Densha walked off to prepare for the journey next morning, Valunn heard Gabriel, the halfling, begin singing once again. As much as it annoyed him the lyrics went along perfect in the atmosphere of the inn and made it [i]that[/i] more likeable. He grabbed a piece of meat off of Densha's untouched plate and took a small bite. [i]Free food[/i], he thought, [i]I'm sure Lily would like something to eat at this hour.[/i] He got up and headed up to the storage upstairs.

As he made his way up the stairs he spotted a most unexpected sight: the young server, Haven, standing there with the door open.

"You should not have come up here woman," Valunn said, slowly inching forward to the young lass.

"No!" Lily called out from within the room, "she won't say anything, Valunn, don't hurt her."

"She knows about you now," barked Valunn, "the incompetent barkeeper was to foolish to tell his whores not to come up here," he finished, insulting Haven. He turned his attention off of Lily and back to Haven, still quiet. He slowly moved his hand to the back of his belt, reaching for a knife, while speaking to her, "I'm sorry young lady, but we all have to make choices-"

"No!" Lily yelled towards Valunn and barged past the woman and into Valunn's gut, knocking him back a step. "Just... come on Valunn, she didn't know... look at her, just a young lady... I'm sure she'll keep quiet."

Valunn thought for a long moment before removing his hand from the knife on his belt. "Fine," he said, grudgingly. He leaned in closer to the woman, squinting his eyes and giving her a nasty look. "You tell [i]anyone[/i] about what's going on here, and we're going to have problems, you hear?" With that, Valunn slowly passed Lily the plate of food that had been in his other hand the whole time. "Eat up girl," he said, "I think the locals may have found something worth investigating."