The army, was it? As she did her for-show healing that was serving more to pacify her patient than actually heal him of any injuries he may have sustained, Aelitha started to put ideas together. This Talbot, then, was acting as a diversion for the rest of his comrades, before the army he was taunting eventually sent him over the cliff. The healer wasn't certain regarding the details of that diversion, because it really was quite a silly idea for a WHOLE army to be occupied with the chasing of a single mage, but whatever. If he was a Shepherd and the army was lead by the Exalt Darrian, that was to be expected. The man never seemed like the sharpest sword in the armory. Thankfully he was the one in power, not one of his generals.

The thief-girl was stil there, and there was still talk about the man's loot. A mage that was just as money-hungry as Aelitha then. If he was a few years younger and a few degrees cuter, she might have had to drop him off to some apothecary instead of lug him around with her. Mixing up private life with personal life was a dangerous thing to do on the road of a Troubadour, after all. She stood up as the warm light faded from the tip of her staff, before setting it aside, the Mend Staff now leaning against a window.

Welp, seems like the thief-girl would know something about that man's loot, if nothing else.

[b]“Mind getting out and spreading the word that the dead has risen after you're done your business negotiations, thief-girl? He should still be sleeping, and I'd prefer not to use any sedatives if he goes into another panic attack over stressful extortions.”[/b]

God, if this was back in a civilized town, Aelitha could totally just yell something about someone breaking and entering into an inn room with the intent of stealing, but nope, this was a backwater, out-of-the-loop town in Plegia, with no hope of an actual military force. How annoying. How upsetting. How...eh, actually, she didn't care.

After all, now she knew where the Shepherds were, and that information by itself was pretty nice to have for a mercenary.