Elayna gestured to her greatsword leaning against the wall nearby, then shook Mara's hand, "I look forward to it, darling. Of course, if we don't meet at the tournament I wouldn't mind a friendly duel sometime either." she smiled at the girl, but then she ran off looking for her quite handsome brother. "And there she goes. I'll have to keep an eye on that one." she giggled, then resumed her dance for the Red Eyed Dragoon.

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Veragwen looked up at him as he tried to formulate words. She smiled at him as he finally finished a sentence, "I'm fine, Kest. Not even a scratch." she said, as she turned her body around for him, allowing him to inspect her and unwittingly giving him a look at her shapely features, "Did you really think some thugs could touch me? Besides, it was just one of them, you had two and you came out with just a scratch! Pretty impressive." she smiled at him. "But I....get the feeling you wanted to ask me something else... That kind of question shouldn't have left you so flustered." she said, raising an eyebrow at him. "Are you sure you're not hurt elsewhere?" she asked, looking him over again.