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((I think I'll call the little girl Emily, but I'm not going to post for her tonight.))

Tiel gave Yuri a blank stare and an honest answer. "I don't know...I wish my hands could make something beautiful, but it's not what I want most..."

What she wanted most was impossible.

She nodded and tried to get her tongue around the name finallyy getting it after a try or two.. "Thank you for your help Monroe Espa" getting confused about the proper way of names. To be honest everything was confusing her at the moment.

Her own voice called out in perfect Eastern tho the voice itself was weak, the only thing she had eaten in the last two days being the rice ball Lao had given her."We seek a healer". She was ready to drop herself but she would remain concious till Tsai recieved help.

*He calmly nodded at Tiel, and began to speak* What would you do to have your greatest desire? *He stands* Who would you employ to help you achieve it? *He steps back* What price would you pay? *he stood firmly there, awaiting an answer from the young girl*

((OOo have the angle hold up a gun to Devils head and tell him to shutup!))

((If I didn't know Rigel was a sadistic murderer and Yuri was a healer, I'd ask which of you was trying to play which role.

I'm just trying not to have Tiel give overly dramatic and cliche responses. XD))

"I'm not going to die anytime soon," Tiel said to Rigel, though most of his words were going over her head. They sounded beautiful, though, and depressing...

"I want to make a chair because I want to be able to do it. I want to live up to my father's expectations, and I want to be a carpenter. That's all."

Yuri, she understood. But the questions he asked frightened her. Was he...could he be...a spirit in disguise? She had better think of a good answer, then, and choose her words carefully. Spirits had a habit of taking things literally in fairy tales.

"I don't have anything to give that would be worth becoming a carpenter...at least, nothing I'm willing to give could begin to pay for that. I've worked hard, and I've asked my father to show me, but...I'm just no good."

*Nicholai stood impatiently on the East Side of Laburnum, awaiting his hired guard. The mercenary was probably another brawn without a brain, he guessed. He had the worst luck in hiring them. His jade green hair rustled a bit in the breeze, and he spent no time fixing it back into its natural position. His robes rustled a bit too, but he didn't mind them. His anxiety was probably making the breeze. He just stood, Zephyrus in hand, waiting for Zhao Tan. He shivered a bit* Well, he had best be hurrying. His price is steep, so he had better be the best damned bodyguard in Laburnum.

Zhao Tan walked down the cobbled roads slowly, noting that it was about that time to meet up with his employer. Everything had been arranged through his last employer who had apparently recommended him to another, and suggested a steep price. Tan didn't mind of course, since material comforts were always a good thing to have.

As he neared the pre arranged meeting place, his dark eyes flashed this way and that, looking for whomever could be the employer. He had a vague description and a location. Only one man matched the description, and he stood as if waiting. His intuition screamed the obvious, that this man was waiting for him.

With a resolute air, he walked towards the man, unarmed and unarmored aside from his walking stick. He stopped a few feet away, and pleasantly inquired of the man. "Excuse me, Nicholai Maxwell, I presume? My name is Zhao Tan, i've been sent to assist you."