Iphnis shrugged, "It'll be fine,"

Miryanna nodded. "But what are you doing here?" She asked still confused as to the Gnome's appearance.

Iphnis sighed, " There are evil things afoot."

Miryanna snorted, "No, really?" She replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

Iphnis looked puzzled for a moment.

"What? Do Gnomes not have sarcasm?" She asked.

He shrugged, "We do, but we don't really use it like that," He explained.

excuse me while I work out all the nuances of gnomish sarcasm

"Oh," Was all Miryanna said. "Well, can you go into more detail as to why you've showed up in such a heavily populated area? The kind of area that by all accounts Gnome's tend to avoid?"

Iphnis smirked, "What makes you think Gnome's don't live in cities with the rest of the world?"

Miryanna just gazed back, "Don't tell me that some Gnomes live in the cities alongside humans,"

"Alright, I won't tell you," Iphnis replied, grinning impishly.

oh whatever dude

Miryanna's jaw dropped, then she closed it and rolled her eyes, "You still haven't told me what you're doing here. I get the feeling that it's not just to admire she view,"

"Remember what I told you about Gnome's being a subtle race?" Iphnis replied.

we been knew, iphnis. we been knew

"Oh, please, at least tell me what you're going to do while you're here," Miryanna pleaded.

"You'll see what I do here while I'm here," Iphnis responded.

"Then tell me why you're here," Miryanna demanded.

Iphnis stood up, "I fear I'm not at liberty to say,"

*throws up hands* is being cryptic like a hobby and pursuit of yours? bcuz i hope you didn't come all this way to tell miry that you're not going to tell her anything

Miryanna sighed, then thinking of something, she spoke up again. "Wait, while you're here, could you do a favor for me and the Erglis?"

"That depends on the favor,"

"I was thinking, I can't tell the Erglis that Naksul Kenoshi is actually Karayan Batal, so could you somehow deliver a message to them?" She asked.

"Why can't you tell them?"

"Well, I would, but Karayan threatened that he'd hurt my family if I revealed his identity," She said sadly.

"Even if it's me that tells them, his identity is still revealed and there's nothing stopping him from blaming you and hurting your family anyway," Iphnis replied.

Miryanna screwed up her lips, "Yeah, I guess you're right,"