### 245

As you take your seat, you hear the low conversation begin once more among the men who are standing at the counter. Your keen ear quickly discerns from the grumbling tone of their voices that they are a suspicious and distrusting group. After a few minutes they leave the counter and gather around your table. A bilious rogue, with close-set eyes and cleft chin, thumps on your table with his fist. He demands to know where you have come from, and what business you have here.

If you wish to tell him that you are from Sommerlund and that you are travelling to Elzian, turn to 309.

If you decide to tell him nothing, turn to 258.