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Ria's brows rose upon hearing Cloven's voice behind her. She turned, hugging the cloak tighter when the movement kicked it up away from her bare legs. Perhaps next time she would keep this little incident in mind and control what she chilled better. It was a snap moment judgement call that she hadn't exactly thought through to try to help save the silly boy's brain. As long as Leon could heal up the other injuries. But none of that had to do with the present predicament of the dark robed mage offering to warm her in exchange for answers to questions.

"[color=Aqua]Um...[/color]" was all she got out before Asher spoke up.

She glanced at Asher for a moment while he spoke before turning back to Cloven. [i][color=Aqua]How do I let him down gently?[/color][/i] An apologetic smile twitched onto her face until she could hold it without it trembling in her chill. "[color=Aqua]Cloven, that's a very nice offer. Like Asher said, I do need to warm quickly so I can get back to helping the others. I can't exactly cast properly while cold.[/color]" Her smile warmed up a little more. 

"[color=Aqua]But if you have questions for me, we can certainly talk once we're done helping with the clean up here and are back at the guild.[/color]" The fact he wanted to charge his warmth for questions was intriguing after all. It made her wonder what he wanted to ask. If they were questions she had answers for. Hopefully she remembered this, in case he dropped it as soon as they left; she would make it a point to start the question and answer session.

She turned back to Asher, and the smile vanished for a brief second. Her eyes widened and brows rose to see the older mage had removed his shirt and had taken on the slightest glow. That quite flash of surprise vanished under an appreciative smile. "[color=Aqua]Short of having a proper insulating coverage - [/color]" [i]and for me to not be wearing wet clothes too[/i] "[color=Aqua]this will certainly have to suffice.[/color]"

Ria stepped forward and pressed her body against Asher's. Her arms tucked up to unintentionally create a partial barrier between her chest and his torso, but more to help funnel his heat into her core. It left her fists pressed up under her chin as she turned her cheek to rest against his shoulder.

Her gaze drifted over the others, passing over Lavinia sitting with Gwen - who thankfully was awake again. She'd have to check on how her sister was doing after she was warm and so long as everything else was being cared for. They could still prove useful in rescue and clean up efforts and that kind of took precedence over mental well being.

The smile on her face faded when she saw Zenith was still on the ground and no one had helped him yet. [i]Why hadn't...?[/i] Her gaze snapped back over to Lavinia. "[color=Aqua]Lavinia, sweetie?[/color]" She managed to call out loud enough for her voice to carry. The heat radiating from Asher was already helping. "[color=Aqua]Can you please help Zenith?[/color]" She motioned with a shift of her elbow. "[color=Aqua]He could use some healing and I'm not quite able to help him right now.[/color]"