The ancient elder didn't react, instead he continued to eye the couple suspiciously, he may be an average man without skills comparable to Kiori or even Rylee, yet he had many more years of life experience. Rylee felt nervous as she waited for his verdict, even if Kiori remembered their story word to word, the old man may turn them away regardless. After a few more carefully measured moments, their greeter waved his hand way in disgust. "Keep your orchestrated story to yourself, I see past your lies, and the two of you should be left to the wolves." Her heart sank, they couldn't do anything about it, and this puts them in a dangerous position. Instinctively she clutched Kiori's shoulder even tighter, maybe out of fear, or maybe an automatic reaction to comfort him.

The elder was about to turn away, his word absolute, but stopped before gazing upon them once more, specifically he focused on how close they were to each other. The man sighed, as if he were having second thoughts, again silence passed as he thought deeply once more. "Yet..." He continued. "I can see not everything is a lie... even if not married, a young couple cannot be left to die." Rylee was surprised, why did he change his mind so suddenly? Even so it was irresponsible to look a gift horse in the mouth, as she was about to thank him profusely, he held out a hand for silence, he wasn't finished yet. "At the very end of the road you will find an abandoned home, it is yours for the foreseeable future, before sundown I will have the supplies you so desire delivered." With that the old man was decisively finished, and wanted to deal with them no longer given how he ambled away, not even to await for a response.

Rylee pulled Kiori towards her, her face absolutely beaming with happiness, they did it, their first part of the plan was carried out, admittedly not without issue, but they had a temporary home. "[i]We did IT[/i]" she tired whispering but couldn't contain her excitement, as her voice was still quite loud. Suddenly she threw herself at Kiori for another hug, or perhaps not too sudden since they were considered lovers now. Rylee proceeded to continue whispering, still being somewhat loud. "Kio you did [i]great[/i] back there, I mean I understand why that old man knew we were lying, the whole thing looked to be rehearsed, but you were able to talk comfortably, plus more importantly he's letting us stay!" The whole time she never was aware about the fact her sword was still worn openly.