Lorne did his best to hide his annoyance at how Thalia quickly switched from her more normal posture to an uptight one in the presence of the noble. It always irritated him, how the high born would command such respect to those lower than them, simply because they got squeezed out of a certain hole. It didn't help that he wouldn't get to know the girl very well when she was in 'knight' mode, thanks to her overwhelming sense of duty. Having earned his ire, it was probably for the best she introduced him to this 'Issac' fellow, lest he insult the high born boy with his attitude. Instead he took another long drink of the ale in his tankard. 

The fact another distraction came stumbling along was probably for the best, a drunken fellow with a beard who seemed familiar enough with everyone present but himself. His little remark about the frozen north earned an annoyed grunt from Lorne. [color=gray]"Same reason you dragged your drunken ass out of whatever hole you came from, no doubt."[/color] He answered casually, making no efforts to hide his hostility. Another lady came along, but he bothered not introducing himself to her, seeing as though so many others had already begun conversing. He'd rather bury his face in the booze than try to strike up conversation with a bunch of people he didn't know, or care to know in some cases.

He did decide to answer the noble's question as to why he was following their 'chosen one' into battle, though. Even if the guy was haphazardly swinging a sword about as a means of showing off, he assumed. [color=gray]"Gold's all the reason I need to fight here. Doesn't much matter what I think of him if he's paying the bill."[/color]

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[color=gold]"You're more useful to me alive than dead. I'd like it if you got into less life threatening situations in the future."[/color] Fyra responded in a matter-of-factly tone as she turned her back towards the merchant whose company she had come into. [color=gold]"For your information, I [i]do[/i] smile around our customers. It's the reason we have all that gold you like to slobber over.[/color] The dragoness quickly tacked on. She rolled her eyes at his attempts to bribe her off with frozen confections, instead focusing on a quick jog towards their run away cart. Picking up just enough speed to catch it, the Manakete hooked a hand around the back and hoisted herself up into the back of it, resting comfortably as the vehicle continued to rush out of control away from Adam.