"Hang on a second", malikily says as he holds up his hand, "I would like to know exactly how dangerous this quest will be, and how we will be rewarded at the end of it."

"And how would cloning work?"

“This quest may very well end in naught and ruin. But we are powerful, I can see this. I will clone us using my arcane powers that I learned over the years of my existence.”

“I don’t know about this.. cloning thing or whatever, but make sure you bring Fane when you teleport us. I don’t want anyone trying to steal him.” Akyan whistles sharply and, shortly after, a whinny is heard in response. A dusty dun horse shoves his head through the tavern window fixing it’s gaze on Akyan. “Let’s get this over with.” 

"Are we sure that the fairy and the human won't just be liabilities?"

Upon seeing Fane, Sheerow flies over and pats the horse's head. "Aww, hi Fane!!" She was so absorbed in saying hello to him that she almost missed that last comment. She quickly whips around and---in the well-trained tone of voice of a mother after her child broke a vase, and she's trying not to throw them out the window---she says, "I'm sorry? Did you just say that Reika and I would be liabilities? I'm sure that we would be just as good for this mission as anyone here---I'm sure we have been through just as much hardship as anyone here. We know how to handle ourselves. Now stop insulting every single person at this table, and let's get on with what we all agreed to do in the first place." She stands back on the table where everyone is seated with an abrupt finality.

Akyan fixes Malikily with an icy glare, "Sheerow is NOT a liability. While I can't speak for Rieka, from what I've seen, and heard, she is less likely to be a liability than you will be. At least I know she won't run from a fight."

Fane nickers when Sheerow pats his head, but if anyone else comes close to him, he pins his ears back and snorts at them.

"You don't know me"

"No, I don't," Akyan replies coldly, "And you don't know any of us either."

"Same goes to you. You don't know me, you don't know Reika either. What makes you think that you can have any opinion on us?" She stands a little taller as she stands her ground, though it's starting to visibly take a toll on her energy. The same darkness from before flashes before her eyes, and she slowly inches towards Akayan.

Malikily clenches and unclenches his fists, "All I'm saying is that the fairy is about the size of my thumb, and the human would sooner gauge my eyes out than work with me."

Seeing Sheerow moving towards him, Akyan walks over to stand next to her. He positions himself next to Fane's head but facing Malikily. He pats Fane's neck and the horse seems to stop glareing at any passerby. "I don't care if you have opinions as long as you keep them to yourself."

"Fair. When do we depart?"

Despite the two others finishing the conversation, she speaks one more time. "I want to make one thing clear. I have had to live through unimaginable horrors, just because I'm a fairy." She speaks in a harsh, low voice. "You have no right to speak to me that way. And if you speak that way to anyone else again, I will not tolerate it. Period. Am I clear?" She breathes in and out, trying to calm herself down. "Okay. Let's get going."

Malikily isn't done either, "Do not threaten me fairy, I could crush you beneath my boot."

"I do not wish to argue any more." Malikily goes back to the purple liquid.

Rieka lets Sheerow speak first, nodding along to her responses to Malikily. Moving nearer to the fey, she glares daggers at him.

"Sooner gauge your eyes out? Sure, that might be fun, but I am bound by a sacred oath to always see the good in people. Even people like you." Reika spits out the last word with venom. "I am ready to leave. Oh, and Waterbearer? I assure you, I am no liability on the battlefield." 

Placing down her now empty tankard, she turns to Aaron. "How do we depart?"

Malikily laughs, "Never thought a human would threaten the next in line to the kingdom of valarion."

"I should remind you, Waterbearer, you were the one who started this argument."

"And I swore a sacred oath to defend the honor of me and my people."