"you're...not planning to hurt me, are you?" Reeta takes a few steps back, watching the elf warily
"No, I am not." said Linea in monotone, not even looking back at the girl who abruptly stopped following her. "Unless if you are stupid person, I am as 'harmless' as the sun. Are you afraid now?"
no, sorry. What did you do in the forest?
"Burning it." Linea answered sharply before pushing the door leading to the bar. "You don't have to be sorry."
Inside, she found two rather familiar figures sitting at the table in the middle of the room. Two humans, Sven and Barnes, she recognized their average appearance, and CSA coat of arms patched on their shoulder.
And as soon as she entered the room, they greeted her.
"There she is! Speak of the devil and fire devil herself doth appear." Said Barnes, grinning at Linea who seemed all eager to incinerate even her own colleagues at any moment.
But instead sending another operative back in a body bag, or.. urn, Linea yanked one of the chairs and sat there. "I am an inch closer to have your brain melted from inside, Barnes, but I don't think Anderson would appreciate that. Maybe I should rip off your rank insignia, have that metal thing warmed up before shoving it down to your throat to remind you a proper way to address a superior."
Both men smiled, awkwardly, and soon they realized that Linea was never one to jest. The other operative, Sven was the first to break the silence.
"Please don't mad at him. It is his habit to spew jokes all the time to lighten up the mood. We have no idea about your situation." he paused for a moment, then continued rather carefully. "I guess the investigation didn't go well?"
"You bet it is." Linea touched her forehead like in pain, but her current problem was not as simple as a mild headache. For a start, she smelled like a soaked hound after a hard hunt, her legs hurt, and she wanted coffee. An urge to quickly make herself more presentable keep weighing her mind, but the barkeep's henchmen were nowhere to be seen to deliver her water.
"Go get her some drink, you dimwit!" Sven pushed the other guy away before asking Linea. "A hot tea isn't it?