Egeria was in town for the Feast. Osboren is a high noble and is always sending for her advise and wants her present at any dinner. He is not that wise and does not pick up things quick. He was smart in hiring an advisor and when Merial died, he hired Egeria immediately. Osboren is getting older and is loosing political standing in his old age, though he will not admit it.
Egeria was looking out her window in the middle class apartment when she gave into her need to play in the rain. She got into one of her forest outfits, a pair of tall brown boots, a pair of green pants, and tight brown shirt. It was chilly out but it did not bother her. She was running through the streets, trying to get to the closest wooded area outside of the poverty huts, when she saw a woman holding a knife to a man's throat. Before she could do anything, the woman took the knife away.
Egeria called out "What is going on?" as she walked her small frame across the street ready to grab her dagger at any moment hidden behind her neck and her thick mane of hair.

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Egeria was in town for the Feast. Osboren is a high noble and is always sending for her advise and wants her present at any dinner. He is not that wise and does not pick up things quick. He was smart in hiring an advisor and when Merial died, he hired Egeria immediately. Osboren is getting older and is loosing political standing in his old age, though he will not admit it.
Egeria was looking out her window in the middle class apartment when she gave into her need to play in the rain. She got into one of her forest outfits, a pair of tall brown boots, a pair of green pants, and tight brown shirt. It was chilly out but it did not bother her. She was running through the streets, trying to get to the closest wooded area outside of the poverty huts, when she saw a woman holding a knife to a man's throat. Before she could do anything, the woman took the knife away.
Egeria called out "What is going on?" as she walked her small frame across the street ready to grab her dagger at any moment hidden behind her neck and her thick mane of hair.

((Miss, I'm no where near his throat, actually, I'm halfway to his crotch. So.. right under the ribs, where the softest area is...))

The man may have told Egeria that there was nothing to worry about, but the woman looked fierce and ready to attack at any moment even with her weapon away. She was aggravated by his use of 'young one', she is not that young. But standing in the presence of these two, she felt small and helpless. Egeria tried to shake those thoughts out of her head, she was not weak.
The rain was falling lighter than it was earlier, but it had another wave coming soon. The longer she stayed here, the less time she had to play in the rain. She did not want to just leave with the possibility of one of them being harmed.
Egeria sighed unsure of what to do, but knowing she couldn't leave yet. She looked to the man who was accused of sneaking up on this helpless woman. She doubted that the woman could be snuck up on let alone defenseless.

He ran through the rain.
Yes, it was cold, and the chances of him getting a cold were pretty high, but he couldn't care less; he couldn't manage to get a carriage, nor did he want to get one, and through the streets was the only way that he knew he could manage to get to the palace on time without really being noticed.
Not paying attention to his surroundings, he accidently runs into something, and turns around; it was a person. He mutters a quick apology.

Egeria was practically growling with anger. Being called little, and now these derogatory words. These people were making her angry. They wanted her to leave them alone. She wanted to attack, to make these people pay for their mean words.
Then the man put his hand on her face. He had touched her and she felt a shiver run up her spine. This was not okay. She did not allow people to touch her, let alone like this. Egeria slapped his hand away and growled at him. She was sure he saw it as a kitten growling, but she was tired of this. She was ready to attack, to hurt them both.
Before she let herself act on those feelings, she took a deep breath. She did not like what feelings of anger did to her. She needs to stay calm and keep a cool head, but being around people who provoke her in such ways will not keep her calm.
"I will leave. If this man turns up dead, you will get reparation for your evil acts." Egeria veiled her threat to the woman and left. She slightly wanted her to kill him, for him touching her, but knew that was a petty reason and quickly corrected her thoughts. No one deserves to die for such trivial reasons.
She was sad that someone could have been hurt and she could have stopped it, but if she did not leave someone would surly be hurt. She did not want that kind of guilt on her hands again. If she had to defend herself or others she will, but she will not be the one to strike first.
Egeria ran with graceful speed, allowing her anger to melt into the rain.
She made it to the forest and sprinted around the woods. She quickly climbed a tree and the rough, wet bark felt warm to her hand. She was at ease when in the trees. Egeria let out a laugh of pure pleasure at being so close to nature. She jumped from tree to tree, and once allowed herself to drop to the ground to feel the squishy mud between her toes.

After playing for a while, Egeria decided that she needed to go home and sleep. She had to meet with Osboren in the morning and if she stayed out any longer then she would not be awake enough to be rational.
With dirty toes in her boots, she ran through the town again. Taking the shortest way, but avoiding the area she ran into the two people from earlier. She stopped at her building to wring out her hair and clothes, as to keep as much water from the building as possible. That was when a man ran into her. He apologized before her butt even hit the ground.
Besides her earlier anger, Egeria was in a good mood. Nature had that effect on her. She let out a quick laugh before getting up and asking, "Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

"Huh? Well, I have some important buisiness to attend to in the capital. Why?" He takes off his glasses and wipes them off, before looking at the girl who had just addressed him. She seemed harmless enough to talk to, but appearances can be deceiving.

He crosses his arms at this thought.

"I was just wondering what was so important you had to run around in the rain to do it." Egeria smiled. She was practically giddy, it had been so long that she had gotten to go out and play in the rain."What is your name?" It surprised her that a man with business at the capital would be so willing to go out in the rain and why she had not met him. She is good at remembering names with faces and this one was not part of her memory.