Welcome to Gaia! ::

Umraeva grinned at him as she slid the knives back into their various sheaths, and rubbed the hound's head when she approached. "Thanks. It feels good to get a full workout in again. I've only been able to get about half that in in my rooms, and it's hard to practice the knives in there at all, without leaving signs."
It felt good in more ways than one. She felt more herself than she had in weeks.

Thanking him for the water, she took a long pull, but didn't gulp it down. She'd certainly had enough sore throats to learn that lesson a long time ago. Hearing his words, she nodded. "I'll keep that in mind. And...I should've asked earlier, but...how late are the recruitment offices open?"
That was kind of necessary information if she was going to pull this off.

Umraeva nodded, thinking hard. It was just as well she'd promised to wait two weeks; this was going to take some planning.

"Thank you, for all your help." She smiled and stood. "I'd better be getting back if I'm to sleep at all tonight."

A grin spread across her face. "You too."

Umraeva slipped back into the bar for long enough to thank him for the use of the courtyard and pay for the rolls she'd barely touched and the wine she hadn't tasted, then she was off down the streets once more.

Even tired from the workout, it wasn't hard for her to get over the wall and up to the window. She slipped into her rooms, and looked around - then smiled. It didn't look like anyone had noticed she was gone. But then, the way she'd 'huffed off' after dinner, they probably figured she'd been sulking until she fell asleep. Umraeva slipped out of her sweaty clothes and gave herself a quick wash with a cloth and the washbasin in the corner before slipping into bed, there to sleep with a smile on her face for the first time in months.