[color=a36209]"Oh yay, juice!"[/color]

Melissa took the cup of fresh apple essence in her small hand and began to sip at it softly. She didn't finish the drink though, instead turning to face her stuffed rabbit. With a happy grin, she dabbed some juice onto the rabbit's lips, humming to herself in some form of nursery rhyme as she did so.

[color=a36209]"Miranda is thirsty too,"[/color] she explained before hearing the feminine knight's questions. [color=a36209]"I'm a traveling disciple of the holy scriptures of all and none at all. Would you like to hear the holy word of the Absolute One? Oh, and that's a pretty name Astraea! You're a very pretty man."[/color]

Such words were quite awkward to no doubt hear but Melissa barely gave the knight time to answer them. She went right back to Mikoto, her expression bubbly with excitement. So much so, that the stuffed bunny was clenched tighter against her chest.

[color=a36209]"You're funny too Mikoto. Miranda says you're hilarious! You're so funny that you should just drop dead with laughter! I'm Melissa by the way,"[/color] said the girl as she stepped forward to shake the peddler's hand. On the other hand though, the events occurring at that small river side were infinitely more preferable than what was happening in Orello at the moment. At least, according to Sedril.

The boy almost jumped as the pretty knight addressed him, the shadow of a blush coating his cheeks. Like a cliche idiot, he looked around to make sure she wasn't addressing any of the more defined soldiers in the tavern before giving her a light but speculative look.

[color=0076a3]"Er, me? N-No, you're not bothering me at all! Eheh, just came to get some lunch and celebrate. I graduated from the Imperium's Academy...heh, go me. Am I right?"[/color]

Even now, the young soldier was mentally kicking himself. Seriously? Go straight to praising yourself? What the hell was he thinking, was what he thought. Oh well. Hopefully she wouldn't go too hard on him. Sedril grimaced, waiting for the verbal lashing to start.