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"Yeah, let's. And this time let's not go to that merchant, he doesn't seem too keen on us coming back. I'm ready for a nice, long soak in the baths. We can stay at the inn there, at this point I don't care if they recognize me." She looks back to where Akira had indicated and laughed softly, "Well, it was bound to happen. My sisters are probably not going to explain anything, not after they realized how I felt. They had tried in the past to get me to hang out with them and father got angry with them, but I never spoke up either. I guess I was just so used to my life that I didn't see a need to change it until now...Anyways, I'll race you back to the village, loser gets to pay for dinner!" Jumping up into the trees she takes off, very much like a bird freed from its cage.