The little fox-man-thing was calling him. Kit opened his eyes lazily and took his time meandering over to the balcony to crane his head over the edge. On the bed, but not asleep. Strange. Kiara did that sometimes, when she was worried.
He'd asked a question, the dragon remembered. "She's gone to meet someone who may give us a job," Kit explained. He stretched his jaw open wide into a yawn. "She- ahh- probably won't be back for at least an hour." He was about to turn around and return to his sun-soaked napping, but Kiara's pestering voice was suddenly in his head, reminding him to be civil. He bit back a growl and asked, grudgingly, "Do you need something?"
It wasn't that he didn't like Eihmo'tei- actually, as far as two leggers went, he wasn't so bad. But Kit had never been much of a fan of "people", apart from Kiara, and being sociable did not come naturally to him. Still, he put forth an effort (or as much of one as he could muster).
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Several streets away, in what appeared to be some sort of market district, Kiara had hit a dead end. No one seemed to know a "Kadar Vizari", and the address her father had given her turned out to be an abandoned shopfront. She cursed under her breath. She'd thought maybe, just once, he'd come through for her- but no. Of course his scattered mind couldn't dredge up the proper details. Hell, this Vizari guy might be dead by now, if he'd ever actually existed at all!
She sighed and made for the side street that she thought was a shortcut back to the inn. At least, she tried; she was stopped by a small Essyrni girl wearing a slave's veil running out in front of her and calling, "Miss Kiara?"
She stopped, startled and wary that her name was known, no matter how harmless the child looked. "Who wants to know?" she asked, hand moving toward the hilt of her dagger.
"Master Kadar wants to meet with you. He heard you've been asking for him," the girl said, completely unafraid. Without another word, she turned on her heel and walked back through the market, obviously expecting Kiara to follow.
Which she did, after a long moment of hesitation. I must be out of my mind, she decided. She hoped Kit and Eihmo'tei would come looking if she was gone too long...