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Vera looks worried, "No! That…that won't do. Can't we arrange for something else?"

Anne laughs, "Like what?"

Vera thinks for a moment, "Forget about protecting me, take the 500 gold as payment to train and accept me as one of your mercenaries. If the 500 gold doesn't cover the expenses for training, I will work for you until it is paid off."

Everyone is shocked at her words and is quiet. The silence is suddenly disturbed by Anne laughing so hard she nearly falls over.

"What…I can be useful." pleads Vera.

Anne has to restrain herself from laughing further, "Do you even know how to fight lass or use a weapon?"

"Well…no, but I am a quick study.", Vera responds.

Anne looks at her somewhat seriously, "What if you have to kill someone?"

Vera doesn't know what quite what to say and pauses for several moments before saying something, "Well I suspect that may happen…being a mercenary and all…it is not something I would look forward to, but I will do what I have to."

Anne shakes her head, "What you have to huh? Look at how long it took you to answer that simple question. In that time, I could have sliced your throat three times over."

Anne and Arlo look over at you.