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Looking down at the counter as she listened intently to Silgvar's words, Valia closed her eyes in order to, hopefully, concentrate through the drunkenness she caused herself. Tearing pieces from the dry bread, she plopped them in her mouth but opened her eyes not too long after closing them as she felt herself drifting away it sleep causing her to reach for the glass of water. Letting his words fill her mind, she nodded a few times but when the conversation was brought back to the riddle, she looked back over at him in some curiosity as she wondered how far he had gotten. Noticing that, so far, only the Bosmer completed the riddle, she shook her head lightly as she realized that she made it much too difficult.

Taking another drink of water, Valia let her eyes scan down to the piece of paper in front of Silgvar as he mentioned the words that he figured out. Knowing that there were more words necessary to completing the riddle, she decided to help him but first waited until he finished speaking, letting out a chuckle as he mentioned the picture puzzles of the nordic ruins. "I have only been to one nordic ruin before but did not get too far in before reaching a door that none of the legionnaires with me could open." Not realizing that she just gave away her involvement in the Legion to a Nord, despite most of Solitude knowing she was in both a Captain in the Legion and that her father was a Legate, she continued to speak. "This ruin was down near Ivarstead but we did not have the key so we could not enter. I do know what you mean by..."

Letting her thoughts fade out as she realized that she digressed, she shook her head once more and let out another chuckle as she looked back down at the paper in front of Silgvar. "May I?" She questioned but, without waiting for an answer, she took the paper and slid it over to her and looked at the intentionally placed dots upon the back of it before flipping it over. Letting her eyes scan across the page, she read each word and made it seem as if she was trying to figure it out as well, quickly speaking up. "It seems you are missing some words. And... Hall... Wink... Three..." Letting her voice fade out as she spoke the last word, she nodded slightly and looked back over at Silgvar. "Wink seems to have brought you here and Hall may be the overall destination. What do And and Three mean?"