Hilda placed her buckets down against the wall beside the hallway the lizardman had gone down, the tops frothy with soap. Her arms were thankful for the break.
	“Ferdinand!” she called after him. She skidded to a stop in front of him when he addressed her. She gave him one of her friendly smiles as she looked up at him. “Thayva wants our help in doing an inventory of the supplies.”

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	Kia laughed and the other two girls smiled at Laura’s reaction.
	“Better start trying to get him in adventuring shape, then!” Kia said as her laughter died down to a bout of giggles.
	Belle glanced to the sky, the time difficult to gauge with the clouds covering the sun. They looked a bit darker now, and a flash of lightning streaked across the sky far in the distance. 
	“Is anyone watching the time?” the human asked worriedly. “We don’t want to be late for cleaning. They’re already furious about the whole mess. We don’t need to add another thing to that.”


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	Nick grinned and nudged Jorn at Laura’s agreement for inviting him along for an adventure. “Looks like you’ve got yourself an adventuring partner,” he taunted in a whisper.