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[Color=goldenrod][b]Time:[/b][/color] Morning
[Color=goldenrod][b]Location:[/b][/color] Cheap Inn, River Port
[Color=goldenrod][b]Interactions:[/b][/color] Eris, “Valerie” [@Tae]
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[hider=Equipment:] [url=i.imgur.com/hkDcd7s.png]Male Outfit[/url]
[url=https://imgur.com/nFFwshr] Backpack (top right)[/url]
[url=i.imgur.com/LhphK55.jpg] Bow and quiver of arrows[/url]
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Kaleb simply watched Raven fidget and spoke nervously. Under different circumstances, he might have found her squirming amusing, but he knew the girl was troubled. Her words echoed back at him again, making him raise an eyebrow when she tried to give him the fakest look of assurance he'd ever seen. 

The crumpled clothes in the corner, single bed, the alcohol-induced blackout… [color=goldenrod][I]Maybe I should have been more specific.[/I][/color]

[Color=goldenrod]“Wait wait wait. Hold up for a second. We… did not hook up last night if that's what you're thinking. I didn't want to say anything but just so we're clear, you balled your fucking eyes out the moment we got into the room. Crying about killing trolls that grabbed you and how you thought you were going to die. Then you cried about how you wished your friend… or I think she used to be your friend. Anyway, you wished you two stayed close and how she became some degenerate. My words, not yours by the way.”[/color] Kaleb paused to let that sink him before sighing. There was a little more. [Color=goldenrod]“And thhen you threw up on yourself while trying to take off some of what you were wearing. You actually thought you could just use your arm to cover your mouth…”[/color] Kaleb paused as he remembered how beaten down Raven already was. [color=goldenrod]“We got you cleaned up. Mostly Eris though. Sure you vented the whole time about things I had no business knowing, but I think you needed someone to just listen. It's too bad you forgot you let it all out.”[/color]

And just then Eris returned to the room with the coffee. She mentioned this particular brew being able to cure hangovers which caused Kaleb to smile as he looked down at the coffee cup. [color=goldenrod][i]This couldn’t be more perfect.[/i][/color] He took a careful sip of his coffee as Eris took her place beside him.

[color=68894D]“Hopefully I wasn't interrupting anything?”[/color]

[color=goldenrod]“Not even. I was just filling her in on how we took care of her last night. And I know we agreed not to tell her because 1, It’s embarrassing, and 2, It’ll just make her feel like she owes us. This coffee is great by the way.”[/color] Kaleb didn’t think Raven feeling indebted to them was such a bad thing, which is exactly why he mentioned it in the first place. Modesty was not denial and the feeling of wanting to repay the two would stick like a glue trap. As he blew on his hot coffee, a sudden thought caused his attention to draw to Raven again. [color=goldenrod]“Hey, how'd you figure out how to use your magic?”[/color][/color]