"That was weird, but fairly easy all things considered." Syszi nodded, handing the cash to Mark. Not that she trusted her husband any more with the money than she did herself, it was just that she hadn't taken her carrying pack and had nothig to put the sack in. "The dwarves could have gone a lot worse I must say. The unmonsterised ones... Not fun to go against." She shook her head. Even mamono dwarves were damned annoying to fight against, what with a neverending supply of tricks, traps and weapons up their sleeves, but ones that weren't sex crazed... She shuddered a little bit.

"I got nothing for what I want to do here. If you guys want to stick around, I'll find the blacksmith and give my blade a quick polish, but otherwise I'm good." She shrugged. Mamono didn't need much, and they had travel rations. Maybe a mug of something strong as a reward, sure, but she was fine without.

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Jezamine had been bored the entire day, what with Neil actually being serious about what he was doing, but when the others came back and Neil volunteered to gather firewood, she knew she had a chance to spread the word properly. "Sure," she said with a smile, dusting off her clothes and floating up a little bit.

"I'm game for a..." she inwardly giggled, "wood hunt."