[Thankfully, there are no more bodies in the immediate vicinity. Only debris, streaked with desert sand and drying blood. Enough time to slow her pace and carry on the conversation, though her eyes never stop drifting from place to place. There's always work to be done, lives to protect. Surely this young woman - Lucina - understands.

(Riza wishes she didn't have to though. Such a young face shouldn't be marked already with lines of regret.)]

You'll be seeing it a lot more in the future, I'm afraid, if you stay with ALASTAIR long. Most of our missions aren't very pleasant in nature.

[Should she be so blunt with a new recruit? Probably not. But she's never seen the benefit of sugarcoating the truth or raising false hope. Still...she smiles ruefully, eyes sweeping low to the ground before they return back to Lucina.]

But this town is quite nice, for the most part. The entertainment in the saloon in particular is a nice way to unwind in the evening. [The SFW entertainment, that is. Ah, but that reminds her—] Do you have a place to stay yet?

[Is Lucina really gonna be sharing a room with Achilles and Olivia.........]