Kalila blinks at Miss Thornwick's words of denying her gratitude. Upon hearing that Gerta is the true owner instead of Miss Thornwick, she answers, "Oh! My apologies," She had never heard of a tavern owner willing to take on a customer facing job. From what she knew of businesses in Valerith at least, owners typically were in the back taking care of running business and just left customers to their employees. The fact that Gerta is so warm and friendly towards customers despite being the owner of a business is just impressive.

She listens as Miss Thornwick makes it clear that Gerta is likely to give her the job. Otherwise, she wouldn't be back here. 

When Miss Thornwick answers her words about the pendant and its sentimental value, Kalila noticeably relaxed, and lowered her hand from the necklace. After she suggests getting the necklace appraised, Kalila nods and answers, "I'll think about getting it appraised. Thank you," 

Then comes the map. Kalila stands up from her seat and moves so she can study the map as well. She looks at the location of Thornwood, the Port City, which is south of Thundrastone. Then she points to the Forever Keep on a small city, where the Queen resides and rules over both cities. Kalila tries to recall her History lessons to see if she can recall anything about said Queen,

[hider=History Check]Kalila rolled a [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/29589]15[/url] on her History check, if that helps. ^_^[/hider]

Then she is able to find the Kingdom of Valerith and its various cities, including her home: The Capitol, Luxiatum. She grows pale after she is able to quickly guess how far Thornwood is from the Kingdom of Valerith is in general: Over six hundred miles.

True to her wish, she is very far from home! 

She can only utter a shaky, "Oh...Thank you, Miss Thornwick. I...need a moment," before she moves to sit back to her seat. She doesn't doubt that her eyes are wide again, and she could feel herself pale at the realization.

"[I]Calm down, Kalila. That's a lot of ground to cover, but nothing that can't be handled...[/I]" Kalila thought to herself, trying to breathe and keep her composure.