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Eira was taking a break from her meetings with the carpenter and she was in a grand mood. After a lot of back and forth with the man the two of them had some solid plans going for how the inn was going to look. When she closed her eyes she could see it all finished up and she couldn't help but to bounce in place for a moment like an excited prentice. As she opened her eyes again she realized that she'd attracted a bit of attention which just resulted in her winking at the young men that were starring her way. They were cute, weren't they? A bit young though and the sort that she would just eat up.

Chuckling she started down the street, her skirts swishing around her legs as she went. She was going to check on Branko, get some lunch, then head back to resume her meetings. The snaptrotter really had been a champ as he was made to stay in the stables which he didn't really appreciate, wanting to be with Eira at all times to protect her. She'd have to bring him a treat after the meetings were wrapped since after today she should be heading for home unless it was too late.

Eira found herself pausing at the door of the stables, starring into the building, watching as someone was flailing over the edge of Branko's stall. Not only were they leaning over it, playing with the snaptrotter, but she seemed to know his name? That was rather strange, she didn't think that she knew this girl. Had she been to the inn? It got busy at times and she supposed that she could missing someone coming through if they weren't around for too long. There was a chance she missed her but that wasn't something that she liked the sound of. She rather preferred knowing everyone that came through after all.

Giving a humming sound she walked over, leaning against the wall next to the bent over, flailing girl, then asked, "So you know my Branko then, little girl? Have we met?"

"Ahhh, I see... so you're a friend of my son then? An interesting sort at that." She mused, wondering where he son had met such a girl as this one. She said 'traveling' but since he didn't go that far from the inn maybe he'd met her in passing or something? She would have to ask him about it and remind him to be careful around girls, the last thing that she wanted was to be a grandmother already after all. She didn't want that for many, many more years! She was far too young to be a grandmother.

"Hm?" As the girl set to complimenting her son, then complimenting Eira herself, she gave a bit of a smile, "Well, of course! We are the most beautiful family there is." She said, preening a bit before she said, "Don't think that will win me over completely though, little girl."

Eira lifted an eyebrow, "Ahhh, yes. I remember now. He said that he lent his sash to a 'friend who got hurt' when I asked him where it had gone." She murmured, she really hadn't asked for too much follow up. She'd just been curious since he'd gone out with it and came back without it, now that she knew that he was hanging out with a girl she felt she would need to have a bit of a talk with him. Riya was fine, she came paired with Uli, but this girl was different, she was on her own after all and that was a bit of a danger to her boy. She didn't want him to end up married at sword point after all.

"Eh?" Well now, that was odd. Girls didn't often want to be friends with those who were like Eira... but this one seemed to be nice in a dopey sort of way. As she said that she would 'find something to make her happy' she couldn't help but to chuckle, "Is that so?"

A moment later she was offered a diamond, which had her starring for a moment. Reaching out she took it from her, giving it a once over, before she said, "It's quite lovely, little girl, but you are aware that this is worth a fortune, yes? Best that you hold onto it since you could use it to trade for something quite nice." As tempting as it was to keep it and offer it to the carpenter as incentive.

Eira crossed her arms under her ample chest, head tilting to one side, before she said, "You really should be careful with your face, it's an asset after all, little girl." Best that she knew that so that she would take better care of at least that part of herself even if she was a klutz from the sounds of it. Silly girl. As she mentioned wanting to be her friend she gave a shake of her head and said, "Perhaps one day." While she wasn't sure about it she couldn't say there wasn't anything she had against her save for the possible relationship with Eira's darling son.

The girl continued, insisting that she keep the diamond and it was one of those things in which she wasn't going to argue. The diamond would aid her greatly and if the girl didn't want it then so be it, it would aid her in building her inn. Giving a smile she tucked it into her cleavage and said, "I thank you then for the gift, little girl, it will be of great aid to me I am certain."

Eira gave a little chuckle as she mentioned that members of her family attempted to give her the same sort of advice but that it seemingly was to no avail, "Poor little thing, that must be tough." As a dancer she couldn't imagine, the only time she'd been in such a condition where she had poor balance was when she was carrying Callistos. Noticing that the girl was starring at her chest she gave a bit of a chuckle before reaching out to pet her as she might do to Branko, "You're cute."

"Lilif, is it? My name is Eira." Best to be polite to someone that gave her such a glorious, glittering gift she thought to herself in delight. Giving a bit of a chuckle she made a sweeping motion while indicating herself and said, "Of course, I am a member of the Ice Tribe, even if we do live in Sauti."

"You might get lucky and it may just be something that you need to grow out of, like a baby raoti learning to walk, they tend to be quite wobbly as well." Eira said, not sure if the same could be said for an awkward girl, but one never knew. The manner in which she was going as far as to thank Eira was kind of amusing. She was a very odd girl, but she supposed that she could see what Li saw in the girl. She was the sort that seemed pretty difficult to dislike she thought to herself idly, though she still wasn't sold on the idea of her boy dating at his age.

Giving a bit of a nod she said, "I agree." Her's was a very pretty name indeed, but then again if you ask Eira there was nothing about her that wasn't perfection! As the other asked about meeting at the inn she said, "More then likely. I plan on returning there soon as my meetings with the carpenter are nearly over."

Stretching out all over Eira said, "I will be glad to return to business as usual, I find traveling alone to be a little on the lonely and boring side. As much as I would have loved to have brought some of the others along with me I couldn't' very well just close the inn down without notice... that would just be foolish." She didn't want to lose any patrons or cash flow either, not now when things were going so well and up grades were incoming.

"Hm? Oh! A few things actually." She said, clapping her hands together in a delighted manner before she said, "First it's a basic expansion of the inn, making it so that there are more rooms so that we can have more quests at once." She couldn't wait for that, the more customers the better if you asked her! It meant more money flowing, which could then be put back into the inn, and more expansions could be had. She meant to keep expanding as long as she had the money to do so and the ideas on how she would upgrade the inn.

Giving a happy sound she said, "On top of that we are going to be adding a bath house too. It's going to be especially inviting if we are able to offer hot baths. It's going to be a step forward that will make us even more famous, especially when it comes to our Zenan clients! Those from the icy lands will appreciate such things the most!" She gave a delighted self before she set about digging into the pouch at her side, pulling out a snack, then tossed it to Branko.

"I'm sure he's looking forward to getting out of Dernd as well so he can stretch his legs again." She said, reaching over the fence to pat him on the head, giving him a smile, "You're a good boy, Branko, very patient."