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Drei's head snapped around to the red-haired neko that sat beside her when she felt the tap.

"What." She stated blandly, looking the girl up and down. Something sparkly caught Drei's eye and she spotted two golden ornamental bells hanging off the neko's outfit, tied to two long pieces of ribbon.

How odd... but, it is pretty. Drei's thoughts continued before she could silence them, If they sparkle so much in the dim light, imagine them in the sun! When the girl runs, it'll look as though she has little orbs of light trailing behind her... Her hand subconsciously reached out and grabbed her larger pouch. The pouch wasn't filled with coins, it was filled with pointless, shiny trinkets of various values that Drei felt no attachment to - yet, for some stupid reason, she had a collection of these things to begin with. It appeared that Drei was either an avid collector or a failure as a thief, which sounded familiar. Her brow knitted as she glared at the shiny bells. Did she want to steal them and add them to her treasury? No... a child's voice whined in her head and Drei could have sworn that if her inner child were beside her, she would be pouting. I wanna wear something sparkly...

Like what, a f***ing tiara? Drei smacked herself in the forehead as punishment.

"... over here? Is your friend alright?"

She growled, not even bothering to try and stifle it. "Look," Drei blurted, sticking her thumb back at Caesara, "This chick is not in any way my friend. I've known her for longer like... like that," she gestured all over the slaver, face scrunched up in distaste, "... than when she looked alive. Honestly, I'm still trying to work out which version I dislike less. At least when she talked she bloody walked." Drei rolled her shoulder back, narrowing her eyes at that stupid neko, still frozen in place. Her chest raised up and down heavily, but it felt like something had been lifted from her... almost. Her rant was done, but she had one more thing to do before she could feel satisfied. Revenge shall be sweet. She turned back to the conscious neko and shrugged, her steam blown off. "I don't know if she's alright," she said casually, and though she didn't say it, it was evident that she also meant "And if she's not alright, then tough luck."

Now ignoring the neko, she glanced down at Esk who was searching for something. She had caught him observing his pants before from the corner of her eye and realised what he was after. She leant over the bar with her arms folded, looking down at him.

"Can you even sew?" She asked, then admitted flatly. "I can't. I've never even had to try." A little smile played on her lips as she tugged her pouch from her belt, setting it out in front of her. She dipped her hand inside and wriggled her fingers around, searching for her little handy item and bracing herself to have her fingers pricked. Nothing jabbed at her. "Now that's odd..." she muttered and emptied her gold, mostly worthless (some things being priceless) junk onto the bar, shifting her hands through it. Her black sword shards were there too, but they were not what she needed. She began to panic.

"Prick?" Something wiggled beneath her shirt. Drei's eyes slowly widened and she looked down at her bosom. "... Prick?" Wiggle wiggle prick. "Ow!" Drei brought her hands up to her chest. Her eyes flashed in anger and suddenly, it felt like she was the only person in the room. She didn't even notice the looks she was getting from her bar companions. "Please tell me that you can get out yourself." The movement felt almost as though the thing was shaking its... head? Drei's cheeks flared up. "Please don't tell me that I have to fetch you." It nodded. Drei grit her teeth and stuck her fingers between her cleavage to retrieve the pest. It was a glowing, golden needle that trembled between Drei's index finger and thumb, looking at her furiously blushing face with its 'eye'.

"You little bitch!" Drei snapped, "That is the last time you go anywhere near that place! Do you want to end up giving me a third ni-" Her crude accusation was cut off by Prick zipping out from her fingers and jabbing her in the lip before whizzing around the entire tavern as though singing "I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!" Drei sucked the blood from her lip and pointed to Esk's pants, swearing profusely at the enchanted object. "Do what you ****ing are here to do, you twerp!" Prick settled down at the tears and started to do what it did best - besides annoying Drei to the point she wanted to throw the insolent sliver of metal into a furnace. She huffed, glaring at the thing as it did its work. Though it was hard to tolerate, it did obey her - and in a minute, it would be done with its work, without even stitch marks left behind. Drei's eyes slowly raised to meet Esk's. She just humphed and turned her head away, willing the embarrassment to leave her.

"... I know. It's time I learn how to sew."