As Cadmus approaches the children and Meli to interpose himself between them, the children instinctively move away from Meli in order to get away from Cadmus. After he spoke the first three words and stared at the middle child, the very child speaks up, "We-We were just--!" But his words fail him. 

Cadmus continues speaking. After he gave the order, the children all look to each other, and they start scrambling to get away. They do indeed run away from Cadmus, Garrick, and Meli, without another word of protest from them. 

Meli looks up to Cadmus, and she nods to him gratefully. She speaks quietly, "Thank you, Cad..." 

The horses are already stabled, and Garrick places the tags on the gear. After Cadmus informed them about Elena and Isolde holding a table for the party, Meli nods in agreement, ad Garrick speaks, "Aye. It is getting quite brisk out here," 

Sure enough, the tavern's ambience inside has not changed. Cadmus, Garrick, and Meli find that the table Elena and Isolde are holding for them is a corner table, with a booth against the wall to form seats in an L shape for the wall, with three chairs up against the table. 

The table already has numerous plates of food and drinks on the table: Meats, vegetables, breads and glasses of water and mead. The food is standard fare, but it is a welcome meal for Cadmus's friends after a long day of journeying and eating rations.