WoefulInfinity
"I should keep my fat mouth shut in the future, shouldn't I? How's the stew?"
Lurp shook her head radiating unconcern. "Nah, it's fine." Of course Rivek didn't want her worrying over it, but she was a friend. She didn't want him worrying over it either. She wasn't about to let anything happen to him that she could help prevent, and she wasn't the type to just sit idly by. Well, that wasn't true, she was EXACTLY the type to sit idly by when it concerned anyone else, but when it was one of her handful of friends (Four and a half now if she counted Seist), she had to do something about it. Her friends were few, and therefore all the more precious. She wouldn't let anyone endanger them.
And Rivek... was a special case. No, she couldn't sit this one out, but Rivek didn't need to be worrying about her too, so she dropped the topic and switched tacks with him. "Very filling. Cook must have been in a good mood today, or someone else made the stew." she teased. "I really needed this, Rivek, thanks." She let her smile through this time.
Then something else occurred to her to keep Rivek distracted from their earlier conversation "So, what's a body do for a good time around this town if they don't drink?" Not that Lurp couldn't, but as it didn't do much for her, it was a waste of her ill-gotten gains.