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Siofra had come to Oba with her big cousin, Lynx, to see her grandmother but she'd gotten separated from him in the crowd. Mostly because she'd gotten distracted by a street performer. The juggling was really cool! Of course the girl had paused for only a second and then lost sight of her cousin by the time she'd looked back.

In her panic she'd done the exact wrong thing which was to move from that spot. Sio had gone looking. At first just forward, hard to lose someone in a straight line, but then she'd not seen him or anyone that looked like him so she thought he'd turned! The hybrid girl had then taken a turn down a busy road, well traveled meant it was the common way to go. Or at least it did in the small city she lived in. Now she was teary eyed and trembling as she stood at the entrance to an alley way looking absolutely lost, picking at her nails in worry.

Being grabbed certainly hadn't been something she thought would happen. Siofra's eyes grew wide a dinner plates as she turned her head to look at the person who had a hold of her. It certainly wasn't Lynx! She instantly brought her hands up to grab at their arms and tried to push. Sio didn't want them to kidnap or rob her! What if this person was connected to the people her parents had hid her away from!?

The hand that covered her mouth was pointless, though this stranger didn't know that, and she drew her brows together in confusion about it before she tried to jerk her head away. The stranger put their face too close to her own but their hand remained in place between them so she didn't think they were after anything inappropriate. Didn't mean she trusted them though. The hybrid girl blinked and waited for the stranger to back away and let go of her face.

When they did and then offered up a thanks for being in the right place at the right time she opened her mouth but still made no noise. Instead she moved her hands so that she could smack the man on the chest to show her irritation at what he'd done before she brought her hands in front of her and signed to him quickly. 'You shouldn't grab people like that!' Nothing like that happened at home. Only time she was grabbed at home was when others would pick on her for her looks. 'Really shouldn't act like you are going to do..' There was a pause as her hands weren't sure what to sign, and from the look on her face she wasn't sure of the word she wanted to use. Eventually she just looked to the side, her cheeks turning colors, and settled on a general term. 'Things.'

She took in a deep breath through her mouth, looking as though she were going to say something, but still nothing came out. Siofra was s little surprised that he understood her but with her learning that she narrowed her eyes at him and stepped forward to smack him on the shoulder a bit harder this time. 'Just because I wasn't hurt doesn't make it right you jerk!' Her hands had come together to sign again while she glared at him. 'What if those people had noticed you and thought I was helping you? You wouldn't have kept me safe!' Likely he would have left her in their hands as he ran. She made a small 'Tch' sound as she glared to the side and signed 'Coward.' with her hands.

The hybrid then looked at the entrance of the alley and bit at her bottom lip. Was it okay for her to go out there? She still needed to find her cousin. Bad part was she didn't exactly remember which way she'd gone to end up where she was. She'd only followed the crowd. Big mistake in the city apparently. A sigh escaped her and she tried to think of what her other options were. Find the local guard? Maybe they could give her directions to her grandmother's? Or send someone to look for her cousin. She thought about trying to go to her dad's forge but that might be a bit too suspicious. Sio sagged a little and leaned against the wall in defeat.

She narrowed her eyes at him when the question came about her being good at cards. While she was she hadn't made someone mad at her because of it. Unless you counted her cousin but he wouldn't threaten her over it.

Siofra watched him start to walk away and felt mixed emotions about it. The hybrid girl was glad to be rid of the troublemaker but at the same time she was panicking about being left alone. Clearly the city was more dangerous than she thought or was used to. Then he told her not to stay where she was before asking if she was lost. Sio paused for a second to bite at her bottom lip, keeping her tears from spilling over, then nodded her head. 'Yes. It's my first time here.' And she had absolutely no idea where she was or where to go from there.

When he mentioned her finding a map she just looked at him with the most deadpan expression she could before signing. 'Yeah, I planned for it to magically appear after a stranger pretended to kiss me in a back alley.' The sarcasm in her expression alone should have been enough.

His words about going back to the markets was her hint that he was going to be her guide. So when he moved she did too on instinct of not wanting to be left alone. Her steps were a bit hurried to keep up with Valek. Since he was leading the way there was no way he could see her sign anything so she didn't bother trying to hold conversation. Nor did she complain about his pace. When he stopped to see if she was behind him she almost collided with him and stopped just shy of making contact. Blinking up at him she waited to see if he had something to say.