The Broken Sign Inn
The woman quickly comes back with a glass of wine. The glass itself has seen better days, but the wine is quite good, though it seems to have quite a bit more kick that a typical wine. To eat, dear? I'm afraid we've just got drinks until this evening, dear. The girls do evening shifts all through the night and into the morning, and they have to sleep sometime. So, what brings you here in the middle of the afternoon, apart from sore feet?

While he is being served his wine, Hakhpur suddenly feels an assault on his mind, trying to break in and read it. The attacker fumbles, however, and his mental defenses easily repel the attempt. He hears the kobold woman sitting next to the aazlai Johoumite across the room swear under her breath.

The Healer's District
A small figure approaches Teshiq - probably just a child, or perhaps a middle-aged kobold. The figure wears robes, and he cannot see any exposed skin. Pleasssssse sir... pleasssssse help me... The voice is a child's, probably female. From his experience as a Hunter on al-Farid's crew, he can tell that the figure speaks Common with a Shean accent, though he cannot tell if it is the Asp or Cobra dialect that the figure is coming from.