>>5961925>>5961936>>5962039>>5962871>"...well then."You lift yourself back to your feet, walk up to Anis, and stretch your hand out towards her.
>"C'mon, get up."After hesitating for a moment, she meekly places her hand in yours. You squeeze it tightly and pull her up as well. If you're going to be working together, even if it's just for this moment, you'll need to both be on an equal footing... literally and metaphorically, you mean. Either way, you probably shouldn't be too harsh with her from now on, or else you won't get any info.
>"Th-Th-Thanks... Heheheh....">"First of all, can you stop with the laughing? No offense, but it makes you seem very... punchable.">"EEK! E-Ermm... I c-can't really c-c-control it, I s-suppose... eheh- Ah, whoops...">"Ugh, I guess I'll just live with it then... Anyways, second thing. Can you tell me more about the guy that, uh, hurt you? Anything notable about him that comes to mind?">"Ah... W-Well... I'm n-not sure... Ehehe... He w-was wearing a wh-white suit, h-had some g-gloves on... I th-think I saw some k-k-kind of red p-pin on his ch-chest... Eheheh....">"What about his face? Anything notable about that?">"I d-don't like l-l-looking at p-people's faces... Th-They're always s-s-s-staring... A-Always...">"Yeah, I bet..."You've noticed this for a while now, but Anis hasn't really looked at you directly in the eyes once during this entire conversation, she just keeps looking at the bathroom door, then shifts her attention to the bed, then to her tattered clothes, then to the door again, over and over in a loop. You can't blame her though, she must be extremely nervous right now.
>"Alright then, that's not much to go off on, but maybe if we ask the Icicle Queen for help-">"Th-The Icicle Queen?! Hehehhe.... N-No no no! Y-Y-You can't t-t-tell her about m-me, please! H-Hehehehe...">"Right right, I got it! Don't worry, I'm sure we can ask her indirectly without tipping her off, like "Oh, we got attacked by some gang-types last night, could Your Majesty tell me more about them?" or something.">"Y-Y-You're really, R-REALLY not t-telling her a-a-about m-me, r-r-right...?">"Don't worry about it, you're safe!"Until you get that staff at least, but you're not gonna tell her about your true motives, at least not for now.
>"Man! That staff is such a pain in the ass!">"I-I-It's a g-g-great source o-of GRN l-light, it m-makes sense s-s-someone w-would try t-to steal it...! W-With it, you c-c-can use most GRN spells w-without any training, a-a-assuming y-you know how to u-use m-m-magic in the f-first place..."Ah, that shouldn't be a problem then. From what you heard from earlier, everyone in this part of the world has stopped using magic when those little Orb things became the new hotness.
Either way, that's definitely very little information to help you find this mystery man. That red pin might be something useful though, it's the only notable detail you could gleam from that dude's description.
