Trear's words were met with a nod which in turn was followed by the woman shaking her head. "As much as of a sanctuary that could be, we cannot leave without knowing whether the rest of our family got to safety... we were separated..." she swallowed in the middle of her sentence and continued: "besides, who knows if the attackers have people out there. I trust in the strongest walls of Greenest... the keep. We almost made it there too and I hope to find the rest there." At this point she turned around and spoke to the man with the children: "Cuth, are you and our children okay?"

Now that the woman had spoken of the keep, like someone had asked it to, the beating of the dragon's wings parted pillars of smoke in the east to reveal the keep of Greenest from among the destruction. As far as the heroes could see, the keep itself was still in good shape, and was that...? No, from this distance none of the party could tell if a fight was going on nearby. The dragon seemed to avoid assaulting the place, so there could well be resistance still in place.

The man, apparently called Cuth, turned to the woman and answered as soon as he got himself together: "I am the worst off in this Linan. The kids are okay", the man replied. As soon as he had answered, the man noticed something going on, that being the healing of Orchid. These people were something else... "Linan, do you think these people would help us get to the keep?" he asked his wife, who bit her lip in response.

"I sure hope so...", she answered, hoping the adventurers would volunteer. Even after... no, especially after them having already saved their lives, Linan was hesitant to ask for more.