Thankfully her pearl had finally stopped tremoring by the time they reached the hall. Shrinking back, Cliodhna took a couple of steps to the side till she was behind Erik; trying to avoid the strong gaze of the huge guard at the front of the building. It was fairly obvious that any normal girl in her position would be fearful of imposing men at this point and this hopefully further cemented a tie to the highlander's already strong desire to protect her. Hiding her face behind Erik's torso, she clutched the back of his coat just tight enough for him to feel it.
Once inside, she continued to keep a couple of paces behind as they walked; her gaze flitting in almost every direction, mouth hanging open ever so slightly at the massive size and elegance of the furnishing which would be expected of any person of lower standing seeing something like this for the first time. Cliodhna felt her heart skip a few beats; this was better than being in a sweets shop. Biting the corner of her mouth, she kept a grin from spreading and quickly dropped her gaze to the floor before looking up again and continuing to memorize as much as possible of their trip.
Letting her eyes drift over to the door labeled "Crimson Watch" briefly, Cliodhna followed Erik into the office and sat on the edge of her chair gingerly. Keeping her gaze down, she only glanced up at the comment of her newly acquired profession. "I'm sorry ma'am but I'm afraid I don't know why they had all their armor on or what ranking they were. I was only suppose to meet with them and um....p-provide what was needed as earlier specified by my master." Cliodhna suppressed a small shudder, hands twisting the skirt in her lap before continuing. "I wasn't there long before Erik stepped in and rescued me." She paused and looked up quizzically. "Is cerulem dust kinda shiny or have little bits of purple in it?" suppressing a frustrated snort at the woman's earlier comment; of course they were from an elite group, they were suppose to be the one's doing what Cliodhna was in the process of doing right now. Infiltration and intelligence gathering of any and all documents that could be valuable in regards to the ceruleum mines while insuring that there wasn't much knowledge of the Empire's current involvement on their side. Cliodhna leaned forwardly a bit eagerly as if sharing a secret with the older woman. "I had to go with some of the other girls once, they had to travel far north to provide comfort for a bunch of men that were working in some sort of mining camp. We tried to run away but were caught anyway....." She leaned back again, lowering her sadly. "I remember there being a lot of dust with purple and silver colored flakes on the ground when the other girls had me hide in one of the smaller cave openings so I would be spared...the other girls had a lot of injuries before we were forced to return."
Once inside, she continued to keep a couple of paces behind as they walked; her gaze flitting in almost every direction, mouth hanging open ever so slightly at the massive size and elegance of the furnishing which would be expected of any person of lower standing seeing something like this for the first time. Cliodhna felt her heart skip a few beats; this was better than being in a sweets shop. Biting the corner of her mouth, she kept a grin from spreading and quickly dropped her gaze to the floor before looking up again and continuing to memorize as much as possible of their trip.
Letting her eyes drift over to the door labeled "Crimson Watch" briefly, Cliodhna followed Erik into the office and sat on the edge of her chair gingerly. Keeping her gaze down, she only glanced up at the comment of her newly acquired profession. "I'm sorry ma'am but I'm afraid I don't know why they had all their armor on or what ranking they were. I was only suppose to meet with them and um....p-provide what was needed as earlier specified by my master." Cliodhna suppressed a small shudder, hands twisting the skirt in her lap before continuing. "I wasn't there long before Erik stepped in and rescued me." She paused and looked up quizzically. "Is cerulem dust kinda shiny or have little bits of purple in it?" suppressing a frustrated snort at the woman's earlier comment; of course they were from an elite group, they were suppose to be the one's doing what Cliodhna was in the process of doing right now. Infiltration and intelligence gathering of any and all documents that could be valuable in regards to the ceruleum mines while insuring that there wasn't much knowledge of the Empire's current involvement on their side. Cliodhna leaned forwardly a bit eagerly as if sharing a secret with the older woman. "I had to go with some of the other girls once, they had to travel far north to provide comfort for a bunch of men that were working in some sort of mining camp. We tried to run away but were caught anyway....." She leaned back again, lowering her sadly. "I remember there being a lot of dust with purple and silver colored flakes on the ground when the other girls had me hide in one of the smaller cave openings so I would be spared...the other girls had a lot of injuries before we were forced to return."
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