In the shadowy haze of night...although there should not have been a haze of that sorts within the mountainous region, the assassin, Drydan Tentor sat up against a spruce outside of the revealing glare of the camp's fire. He still hadn't come to a realistic reason for why he was staying with the odd assortment of a group. Something just seemed to ring familiar about that girl. He couldn't tell what though, she just seemed to understand him more than the others, better than the others. He knew it hardly made sense as he had never seen her before in his life, and he didn't think that she had seen him, but if that was true, then why did she stare at him like that? His thoughts shifted instantly as the girl made her way gracefully over towards him. She had the measured gait of someone who had been a veteran of combat for years, it appeared, yet, why was she a cleric of the goddess of the harvest then? More than that though, he wondered why she was walking up to him at all. Had she found something to use against him? Did she have allegiances to the guild of his god's rival; Sulenya? His fears disappeared a moment later, as she handed him a wooden bowl, filled to the top with a peculiar mushroom soup. Queraska shrugged almost apologetically as she watched the assassin sniff the contents distastefully, "Tis of ole Master Manset's making. He told me to give you some of the stuff, said that you'd like it. I myself have never seen a priest of Vhareun able to belly that. Didn't really think that anybody but good ole Manset himself could eat that concoction, not until I met that there giant," she said, pointing towards Dravidan, who was quickly downing a sixth bowl. Drydan nodded, as if in deep thought. The girl was about to walk away from the boring scene, when he spoke up. "What would you know of priests of Vhareun in any case, child?" The question caught her off guard, causing her face to pale a little, before she turned to face the man. "Why...who knows not of the priests of Vhareun? I'm just one of the more informed of those that know of them...after all, it's hard to forget what one has been part of." The girl made to muffle her mouth before the last thought come out, but it was too late, the assassin knew of her past. He jumped up from the soil, circling her swiftly, with an agile hand on the hilt of his new rapier. "You know..." he began, "there is only one true way to leave the order. By the looks of it, you haven't left yet. After all, you still draw breath." He stopped circling then, noting that despite the obvious threats, the girl failed to even tremble. He shook his head in amazement at the child's obvious courage, and clapped her on the shoulder. "Good, good. Last time that I was witness...err, making of such a threat, the man found himself standing in a yellow puddle at his feet. Of course, he didn't find himself face to face with me, when I was in such a merry mood." he finished with a sarcastic laugh. "Now tell me ..Queraska is it? What order of the shadow do you hail from? Surely those who were responsible for your upbringing did a fine job indeed. It would do me well to be able to congratulate such fine people." Queraska shrugged, almost dismissing the question altogether, but decided that the assassin might as well know. "I come from the order of the shadow viper. Reputedly home to the deadliest of the world's assassins, I am sad to say. They dwell up on the western coast by the granite cliffs, so that they might use the natural caves as some sort of hiding place and home...why?" "Just curious is all..." Drydan replied quickly, probably too quickly. He too, was of the order of the shadow viper... Home to the world's deadliest assassins, mostly in credit to him, and mostly, just assassin. He didn't tell the girl who had converted to the comparatively weak goddess of the harvest's side, but this brought up some interesting questions in his mind. If she was just at the age of 20, then he would have known her when she was 8...as he had not been to the place in 12 years. There had been only one child in the order at the time though...the one that he had left with guild's whore...