09-02-2022, 12:09 AM
Cara too dug into her stew as soon as it was dropped off at their table but not before offering the waitress a thank you for both the food and that she was looking into what rooms they had available for the night. She turned to Kimberly as she answered her question then calmly scooped up a bite and ate it slowly and politely, something ingrained in her mind from the time she had spent with the noble family who had insisted she learn the basics of proper table educate. Not that that would do her much good here as no one seemed to be doing any fine dining as they used to but not wanting to come across like the starved girl she was feeling internally she took her time to eat.
"That's understandable, with the tavern being for the most part the heart of any trading post or town, you would expect it to be busy most of the time because everyone either resident or visitor often comes to such a warm place to unravel the knots of the day" she replied to Kimberly's answer. It made sense too that unless there was a strong demand for a blacksmith's services it would be fairly quiet in comparison to working at the tavern and unless you were a decently trained blacksmith there wasn't much to even do as far as work. Not to say Cara thought Kimberly wasn't skilled at blacksmithing, in fact she had no idea of the other girls skills and she wasn't about to assume any of it. Her own skills were ok, not the best but she knew enough of the basics it did make her regret not coming a little earlier and maybe seeing about getting some work at the blacksmith to earn some extra money herself, getting a bit saved up now would be good when she eventually set out on her own.
Cara turned her attention to the stew in front of her, finally taking note of the quiet but hungry looking Zot as he seemed to be devouring his stew and enjoying every bite that made it into his mouth. She couldn't help but see he had opted for a drink with his dinner, nothing wrong with that, it was his choice after all so it didn't really bother her as she reached for her glass of water for a drink.
"This is really good. I'm glad my first real meal after a few days on the road is this delicious" she said to the other two as just a casual comment. Cara wasn't sure what else to say and it seemed like all of them were becoming more interested in eating then talking anyway now that it was in front of them and the smell strong enough to make any mouth water in hunger. It was nice to finally eat something that wasn't dried travel food.
"That's understandable, with the tavern being for the most part the heart of any trading post or town, you would expect it to be busy most of the time because everyone either resident or visitor often comes to such a warm place to unravel the knots of the day" she replied to Kimberly's answer. It made sense too that unless there was a strong demand for a blacksmith's services it would be fairly quiet in comparison to working at the tavern and unless you were a decently trained blacksmith there wasn't much to even do as far as work. Not to say Cara thought Kimberly wasn't skilled at blacksmithing, in fact she had no idea of the other girls skills and she wasn't about to assume any of it. Her own skills were ok, not the best but she knew enough of the basics it did make her regret not coming a little earlier and maybe seeing about getting some work at the blacksmith to earn some extra money herself, getting a bit saved up now would be good when she eventually set out on her own.
Cara turned her attention to the stew in front of her, finally taking note of the quiet but hungry looking Zot as he seemed to be devouring his stew and enjoying every bite that made it into his mouth. She couldn't help but see he had opted for a drink with his dinner, nothing wrong with that, it was his choice after all so it didn't really bother her as she reached for her glass of water for a drink.
"This is really good. I'm glad my first real meal after a few days on the road is this delicious" she said to the other two as just a casual comment. Cara wasn't sure what else to say and it seemed like all of them were becoming more interested in eating then talking anyway now that it was in front of them and the smell strong enough to make any mouth water in hunger. It was nice to finally eat something that wasn't dried travel food.
