"What are you doing here?" The young elf looked around, but apart from a few familiar clerics, there was no one else in sight.
"I... I just saw a really sleazy, stupid thief enter the Temple District. I'm keeping an eye out for him!" Lirath Windrunner said.
"A thief actually dared to enter the Temple District?" the young elf asked in surprise.
"A stupid, sleazy thief did!" Lirath Windrunner said firmly.
"What did he come to steal?" the young elf asked in puzzlement. "What is there worth stealing in the Temple District?"
"Chickens! He definitely came to steal chickens! He loves eating chicken, and he's good at cooking it, too," Lirath Windrunner said.
"Do we keep chickens in the Temple District?" the young elf asked in confusion. "Where? How come I didn't know?"
"We don't. That's why he's gone now," Lirath Windrunner said with certainty.
"Oh!" The young elf believed every word.
If Yu Lin Bloodhawk had known what Lirath Windrunner was saying behind his back, he would surely have coughed up three liters of blood on the spot. Fortunately, he was not there. Otherwise, who knew how many days of fine food it would have taken to replenish all that blood?
"What did you want with me, anyway?" Lirath Windrunner asked the young elf.
"That guy Kaitivin bullied us again," the young elf said. "He also called you a little squirt and said he wouldn't be scared even if you came."
"What? He dared call me a little squirt? Has he forgotten the beating I gave him?" Lirath Windrunner demanded angrily.
"Kaitivin and those other two big guys have formed an alliance. They said the Temple District isn't going to be a place where your word is law anymore," the young elf said. "They said they're joining forces to