"This is nice," Irzen sighed as they entered the tavern, "Less of a throng and more places to sit, relax and eat."

Madame Mabel walked up the bar and requested a round of drinks for everyone. Seri looked around and picked a medium table to the left to claim and sat down.

Irzen, Neven and Willow joined Seri at the table she claimed and waited for their drinks.

Serna joined Madame Mabel at the bar, spotted Mertul and then asked her a simple question, "Um, Miss Mertul, do you have a minute? There is something that I would like to ask you."

The dwarven woman climbed on a crate behind the bar. She smiled at the shield maiden, "Welcome back, young lady. And what is your question?"

"I heard that you don't like fairies," Serna began, "I even heard that your Beholder once almost ate one of them. Why don't you like fairies?"