"I think I know." Dani whispered, his breath ghosting over Isaac's skin, his chest, and then Dani was out like a light, blue eyes trapped behind feminine lids for the remainder of the night.
Willard hand not been asleep for long when Axie heard the shuffling again, and then a loud knock upstairs, as if someone was trying to get in. Vaguely, she wondered if it was the patrol or security or whatever this place had as a form of deterrent (Soldiers, maybe) and then experienced a moment of brief anxiety, wondering if there 'rescue' would come too little too late. Maybe the entire conspiracy had been found out. Her fear were not fully banished when Vin apparently answered the door, only to curse and mutter aloud as if this was an unexpected visit, but somehow the informality of the greeting settled her nerves.
But the way the conversation carried on, with Vins flamboyant and angry tone and the hushed but dry tone (all muffled, of course, but the thickness of the cement above them) was enough to warrant curiosity, and Axie carefully set Willard aside to try and get a glimpse of what was going on.
"Bartering." He said,and not without some distracted look on his face, but tone of voice was light. "I needed some cash, you know? When they beat me on the side of the rode, I lost pretty much everything. They left me with," He lifted up his free hand and made a ziro with his thumb and fore finger, "Ziltch. Jack-sh*t nothing. I got money to pay for the inn, though, and a little extra by pawning off some other trinkets I had on me."
