[scene: 6 months ago: at the Burning Water]
It is a few hour after midday in the lower city of Nexus, and the dingy tavern only has a die-hard patrons inside, mostly laborers dodging work or the unemployed drowning their sorrows in the extremely cheap beer. The tavern is quiet enough so that the only bouncer can sit in the back, toying with a mug of water while keeping an eye on the patrons and and on the door. She seems especially intent on the door, carefully examining everyone that goes past.