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Ariella noted the smile which apparently came with the remembrance of some random fool or vagrant to happen upon her in the past, but made no attempt to pursue it. There were other things that she was much more interested in for now, one of which was claiming a decent room before the brightening wore out.
“I’ll take the luxury room in that case, then. Can’t say I’m much for ornaments and the like, but a pretty view would be quite pleasant.” The other things that Alissa had mentioned sounded good as well. The extra space, for one, would be appreciated, as would the softer bed and more numerous containers. Not that she had many belongings to fill them with for the time being, but then that was all likely to change once she had worked her way over to finding the city’s mercantile district.
As for the response to her question concerning pay…the fact that Alissa did not happen to answer it directly at all was enough cause for Ariella to become somewhat aggrieved. It had been a simple query, after all, and she had been expecting a simple answer in exchange, not this lengthy plethora of words that left nought in their wake but more questions and more causes to continue their conversation further. Not that she really minded the latter so much, mind- it was nice to have a pleasant discussion such as this with a person who was obviously calm enough to receive her in a cordial sort of light. Her retort, therefore, could easily be surmised as a convivial one in turn, the smile adorning her face wry in nature, lifted more at one corner than it was at the other.
“Oh, really? Don’t suppose you know of any good job openings about the city then? Easy ones?” She chuckled at that- what job was ever easy, after all? Out of the well-paid ones, anyway, and she would not be able to stand for a job which was not at least relatively well-paid. “Must be quite a lot of interesting things happening then since that magicky barrier thing got lifted, anyway…anything you can recommend to someone new to the city herself? I’ve never been in these parts before, you see.” That much was painfully true, and Alleria Prime was a far cry from her home city of distant Arakmat. Much less sand, for one, and wasn’t that a blessing.
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